Category Archives: Eldering

synonyms

Love, share, meet: synonyms. :- Doug.

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red cars

The speed limit for red cars seems to be higher than all others. :- Doug.

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Clouds are always busy

Clouds are always busy Scooting here pulling the winds along Blanketing the cold Watering the parched Nurturing microscopic critters Calling all colors around sunlight Silently morphing our imaginings :- Doug.

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Somewhere

Don’t try to go somewhere You’re already here :- Doug.

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sleep!

Some of these kept coming so that I was not able to get to sleep! :- Doug.

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The thread, the thread

The larger is in The small of life too Sitting, waiting, engaged :- Doug.

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Know

If you’re in it You know :- Doug.

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Invitation

I tend toward anger when my heart is not received. Strange! I should tend toward compassion. Compassion for the other. Compassion for my own soul wanting to feel and express anger over the hurt. It is OK to fight, I … Continue reading

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good!

Make good! :- Doug.

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compare

Do not compare yourself with another. :- Doug.

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favorite courting music?

What was your favorite kind of music when you were courting? :- Doug.

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Lively longer

Lively longer: let’s stay! :- Doug.

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My long suit

My long suit is long, deepening conversation. :- Doug.

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share hearts

This is a work that lets me share my heart. :- Doug.

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Alive inside Alzheimer’s

Started watching a video last night called “Alive Inside.” It is about music and memory, using music on ipods to awaken folks who have turned inside with dementia and Alzheimer’s. Some top people are interviewed and some science is shared, … Continue reading

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Grandpa in a pile of kids

This Grandpa loves to get on the floor in a pile with kids and tickle, wrestle, hug. Unknown to any of us—certainly to me for many years—there is here a message. We are one. We are. There is joy here. … Continue reading

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Listening or hearing?

Listening or hearing? Listening is something we do to another; hearing we do with them. Listening is concentrating on ourselves and our doing; hearing is letting others and their experiences soak into us. Listening is about us; hearing is about … Continue reading

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