Category Archives: Eldering
For the good of our grandchildren?
What can we be—and do–for the good of our grandchildren, for seven generations? :- Doug.
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Within your family
Within your family celebrate your differences from these you find newness you create Within your family celebrate your likenesses you are more alike than different from these you can touch each other be touched Within your family blood & beyond … Continue reading
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A life of conversation looks like this:
A life of conversation looks like this: Grandchildren one on one and in circles. Family gathering. One on one with the family of humankind, whomever we meet out and about. Inviting something deeper in conferences. Spirit flowing and ebbing among … Continue reading
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fold in some gratitude
To smooth the edges of anger fold in some gratitude for anything at all :- Doug.
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Not right by design
Not right by design It takes some fiddling To arrive not at perfection Better :- Doug.
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Journey of life
The journey of life Here and there By quantum leaps :- Doug.
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When I water my garden
When I water my garden, I am moving water around: from too deep for the plants to benefit, to the top where it percolates through their roots and back again. Flowing and returning like love. :- Doug.
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Gather our human family
We gather our human family to care for one another. :- Doug.
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The day comes & the day goes
The day comes & the day goes Is it a conduit for my life Or am I conduit for the day? :- Doug.
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Are you yet growing?
Dying can have vim—value, importance, and meaning. :- Doug.
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What does it mean to have not wisdom?
To my friends in the wisdom class: At 66 years of age What does it mean to not have wisdom? To have not depth? At what age does it arrive? Can anyone teach me How to find it? :- Doug.
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After paper is shreds & pen is broken
After years of writing —contracts, letters, Wills, poems— I find I have been forming myself working on what remains after paper is shreds & pen is broken :- Doug.
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To squeeze out a single drop
To squeeze out a single drop of your life’s essence is your highest gift to the world :- Doug.
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Approach with happiness
Approach with happiness. :- Doug.
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