Category Archives: Eldering

Develop hearing skills

Develop hearing skills. :- Doug.

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reel runs faster

The reel runs faster as it runs out Changes come in large sizes With great speed, and often: Into my accumulating years I am hurtling :- Doug.

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In elder years

In elder years we enter a time of great and rapid change, mostly irreversible, and holding the possibility of something good if we open. :- Doug.

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Fifty years as an adult

Fifty years as an adult. I am feeling mature. I am feeling stable. I am on a solid launching pad for what comes next. :- Doug.

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Remembering?

Do you find yourself remembering? :- Doug.

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life bumps and so it bruises

It’s maybe not so much this is the life we are “supposed” to be living; life bumps so it gives bruises; with our minds we can make living (whether outwardly “good” or “bad”) purposeful, whole, and loving. :- Doug.

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Respected elder:

Respected elder: what contributions have you made? What contribution do you still wish to make? :- Doug.

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Slowly now.

Slowly now. See more. There is always more to touch, to hear, to be heard by, to be touched by. :- Doug.

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turning around things and words

I turn around words and things to see other, to see more deeply. There is more here to see, to be loved by. :- Doug.

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soul adventures

Tell me about your recent soul adventures…. :- Doug.

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100 years from now?

How would you be part of the conversation 100 years from now? :- Doug.

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Remembering about yourself

What do you most remember about your life so far, yourself? :- Doug.

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A young man hired to clean

I am a young man hired to keep clean the workshop of one Thomas A Edison. What a man. So out of touch with the world around him, like all the men he employs in his workshop. Fiddling forever with … Continue reading

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How to live a long healthy happy life

Here is a good Tedx video about a 75 year study: http://www.ted.com/talks/robert_waldinger_what_makes_a_good_life_lessons_from_the_longest_study_on_happiness#t-6827 Worth looking into! :- Doug.

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Introspection is a job

Introspection is a job of our accumulating years. :- Doug.

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Reflect?

When do you reflect on your life experiences? :- Doug.

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Going well?

What’s going well? :- Doug.

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