Category Archives: Eldering

We cannot find the message but only be a part of the messaging of the community of generations. :- Doug.

Rely on the community of the generations for we only tell a part of the story and this blindly :- Doug.

Calling forth through story a higher humanity. :- Doug.

Work with your story: What surprise might it give next? Ask it what is its work? Ask your 300 year grandchild elder what its work is. Wrestle, contend with its effects on your hearers and you. :- Doug.

What do you wish for your grandchildren’s grandchildren’s grandchildren? This we work on. :- Doug.

At 17 or so, how did you imagine your life would be? Write the story of that imagined life by stages or ages or themes. 10 minutes. Now write the parallel story of how it worked out. What do the … Continue reading →

Storytelling is a 300-year quest for the spirit of humanity. :- Doug.

I know what I’m doing. I know my direction. I don’t know where I will end, nor what value it will be. I go. We meet. Message enough. :- Doug.

You are deep in a forest. You can walk to the right or left of each tree you meet. How many paths? :- Doug.

Our great quest is to find our story that is not our story. :- Doug.

Progress this morning. A few strong fresh insights. It all is telling me that there is a message here that is important. It is telling me I do not need to know what that message is, only search. Go one … Continue reading →

We are looking for something in our stories. Admit it. We are exploring. So explore. Create another story and another. Somehow we are testing our muddle. How we get from beginning to end. What at least a part of “it … Continue reading →

Hear beyond listening the stories we are telling about generations of generations: follow each story to its root: what does it tell of us? Of what we believe, unknowing? :- Doug.