Category Archives: Eldering

Boomers: Your next 20 years

Posted on February 11, 2012 by dgermann

Boomers: Will your next 20 years count for something? How will you be of service? :- Doug.

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What is urgent about eldering?

Posted on February 8, 2012 by dgermann

Just what is urgent about eldering? That you only have a few good years left? Yes, that is part of it. That the world needs what you have, while you have the energy? Yes, that too. That the world is … Continue reading →

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Our whole work is conversation.

Posted on February 1, 2012 by dgermann

Our whole work is conversation. Whole, as in rounded, full, complete, healing. Our, as in each person on this globe. Conversation, meaning turning with, a picture of dancing, and a picture of turning over a compost heap to keep it … Continue reading →

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Crotchety is okety-fine

Posted on January 28, 2012 by dgermann

Crotchety is okety-fine when conversing: just stand clear of our itty bitty egoity keep to our universality! :- Doug.

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Many ways to advocate

Posted on January 23, 2012 by dgermann

There are many ways to advocate. We can advocate by counseling. :- Doug.

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The phone starts ringing

Posted on January 18, 2012 by dgermann

When somebody dies, the phone starts ringing. But when somebody lives, what attention do we pay? :- Doug.

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Thousands dying this year of this

Posted on January 17, 2012 by dgermann

This year, thousands will die of not hearing. Hearing one another. Hearing is more than listening, more than preparing your response. This year, thousands will die of not being heard. Being heard is essential to continuing to live. :- Doug. … Continue reading →

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Our whole work

Posted on January 15, 2012 by dgermann

Our whole work is conversing, engaging, encountering, meeting: our whole work is bringing us to whole, our whole work is whole-making, whole-realizing. Our whole work is conversing. :- Doug.

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Work as inviting….

Posted on January 12, 2012 by dgermann

My work can be seen in terms of invite, free, call whole mmm. :- Doug.

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Scouting paths

Posted on January 11, 2012 by dgermann

I will go on ahead and scout out some paths through your woods. :- Doug.

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Cast your line into the water

Posted on January 10, 2012 by dgermann

I can be your guide, but you’ve got to cast your line into the water. :- Doug.

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Law, technicalities and guessing

Posted on January 9, 2012 by dgermann

Law is not solely about the technicalities: it goes beyond to what works, what is apt to work, and where peoples’ hearts want to go. All life is guessing; we must work also with art and heart. :- Doug.

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Life, Death, and What Really Matters

Posted on January 8, 2012 by dgermann

Hi– Here is a great article on what dying people can teach us: http://noetic.org/noetic/issue-eighteen-january/life-death-and-what-really-matters/ From the article: “Their message is actually simple: focus only on the things that are most important while there is still time to make a difference.” … Continue reading →

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Before we part….

Posted on January 5, 2012 by dgermann

Make our next appointment before we part. :- Doug.

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What we shouldn’t tell our grandchildren

Posted on January 4, 2012 by dgermann

We shouldn’t tell our grandchildren that they have a lifetime in front of them. Don’t sugar coat. They have a few short years and had better choose wisely and get to work quickly and effectively. :- Doug.

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Living well all the way through

Posted on January 2, 2012 by dgermann

Eldering is about living well all the way through. :- Doug.

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Write a gift book:

Posted on December 24, 2011 by dgermann

Write a gift book: something to give your best to the world. :- Doug.

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