Category Archives: Eldering

Minding long

Ancestoring = Minding, long :- Doug.

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1/2048ths

In 11 generations, your direct descendant will also be a direct descendant of 2047 other people. Certainly different from you. To say it another way, you will contribute only 1/2048ths of that person’s ancestral gifts. Actually less than that because … Continue reading

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Good. Ancestors.

Good. Ancestors. :- Doug.

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remembering those unborn

Our legacy cannot be rooted in the rocky soil of wanting to be well remembered; instead use the fertile soil of remembering well those yet unborn. :- Doug.

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Into the stream

Into the stream of ancestors :- Doug.

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Risk we get better?

What is the risk that humanity gets better? Why are we not preparing for that? :- Doug.

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Cannot yet know

I write now of what I cannot yet know :- Doug.

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Simply to die

Simply to die not so simple :- Doug.

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Persons I serve?

Who are the persons in generations I serve? What are their needs? :- Doug.

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Not wisdom

Not wisdom :- Doug.

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I, ancestor

I, ancestor :- Doug.

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Long rangers

Elders are not our wise ones but our long rangers ;- Doug.

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Dying, then

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Big humanity!

Raise up your big humanity! :- Doug.

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Point beyond herself

An ancestor must point beyond herself. :- Doug.

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the human circle

Put yourself into the human circle :- Doug.

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You who come after

You who come after Carry this work further :- Doug.

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