Category Archives: Eldering

If death is ceasing to stand out….

Posted on November 28, 2013 by dgermann

If death is ceasing to exist, ceasing to stand out—and surely we see this when we think of our ancestors whom we never saw, with whom we never conversed: when they died they ceased to stand out to us and … Continue reading →

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I ought to share them

Posted on November 27, 2013 by dgermann

I see some things—I ought to share them. :- Doug.

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Yes, we’re going to die

Posted on November 26, 2013 by dgermann

Yes, we’re going to die but taking responsibility we can live through that too :- Doug.

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Reflecting one another

Posted on November 22, 2013 by dgermann

Less do we affect one another than reflect one another. :- Doug.

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It’s justice for life

Posted on November 20, 2013 by dgermann

It’s justice I’m after a word spoken of lawyers whispered by lawyers only in their dreams shouted by the souls of us —all of us— approaching death It’s justice for life and the living of it :- Doug.

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Living later years and dying as sacred processes

Posted on November 17, 2013 by dgermann

How do we make living our later years and dying both sacred processes? :- Doug.

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the story that holds them all

Posted on November 11, 2013 by dgermann

Story comes through conversing. Story uses conversation to weave movement, indeed to weave itself. We meet: we make a story together. The story is us, and the story is you and the story is me. We create each of these … Continue reading →

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Let’s make conversation

Posted on November 9, 2013 by dgermann

Let’s make conversation conversation rich, textured and opening :- Doug.

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It is a month or two off

Posted on November 8, 2013 by dgermann

It is a month or two off, you know it will be a gentle death, as gradual or short as you like. You have time to get used to the idea, time to gather special people around if you wish, … Continue reading →

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Looking forward to seeing my grandchildren

Posted on November 5, 2013 by dgermann

Looking forward to seeing my grandchildren this evening, telling stories, playing. Young life! Possibilities and potential! :- Doug.

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Grandchildren: accepting and challenging them

Posted on November 4, 2013 by dgermann

To love your grandchildren is to accept them and to challenge them. One without the other is insipid and unloving. :- Doug.

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We are ever powerless and powerful at the same instant

Posted on November 2, 2013 by dgermann

We are ever powerless and powerful at the same instant. Powerless to change the past and powerful to create the future. Powerless to change another, powerful to change ourselves. Powerless at 66 to become a professional basketball player, powerful to … Continue reading →

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What’s our responsibility for our world?

Posted on November 1, 2013 by dgermann

What’s our responsibility for our world? :- Doug.

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What questions do you bring?

Posted on October 31, 2013 by dgermann

What questions do you bring? Your questions are more pregnant than any knowledge you could bring, for they can initiate an exploration and maybe that is wisdom. :- Doug.

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Some wisdom questions you might ask yourself:

Posted on October 30, 2013 by dgermann

Here are some wisdom questions you might ask yourself, your friends: What is wisdom? Help me find my wisdom. How would I take into the world a task like Fostering conversations that matter? :- Doug.

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Perhaps in your feet?

Posted on October 29, 2013 by dgermann

Where in your body does wisdom reside? Is it in your brain—what you know, what you’ve experienced? Or perhaps in your feet? It might be if you dance. Or in your voice or mouth or breath if you sing. In … Continue reading →