Minds become supple
As bodies become stiff
our minds become supple
:- Doug.
For us, elders can remember how it will be.
:- Doug.
Flash now and again
Many have a facet or two of eldering; they flash now and again. Fewer have a constellation of surfaces by which we are given to see your brilliance.
:- Doug.
We heal
Do we need someone to heal us, or more, someone to tell us it is OK being broken? We are all broken. We heal. We help each other become more whole. Never healed nor fully whole. So get up and get on with it.
:- Doug.
No terminus
Elder is a term of respect (see again) as contrasted with elderly, a pejorative. It is also a term of development, not a terminus or end point.
:- Doug.
We are wind!
In your wind we are wind
blown to be!
In your thunder we are thunder
startled to be!
:- Doug.
Storm! Freshen! Commingle!
Come to me, wind!
Blow through and around!
Storm! Freshen! Commingle!
:- Doug.
Etherealizing:
Across the stages, elders are etherealizing: getting larger and more capacious until they are indistinguishable from the mystery.
:- Doug.
To see twice
Most in our society use “elderly” as a pejorative. Don’t use the word. Remember, elder is someone to respect: to see twice.
:- Doug.
Talk a little, meet a lot
Talk a little, meet a lot
Talk a little, meet a lot
Meet meet meet
:- Doug.
What is an elder?
What is an elder? Guide and guardian, story-teller and time traveler, grandparent and grandchild, long thought thinker and tough question asker, present to you, mystery, and grace.
:- Doug.
No islands:
No islands: we belong
to those around, past, future,
far, farther, human, other
:- Doug.
