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Growing—Broadening—Playful: What our elder years open us for.

:- Doug.

Now that the years are gathered….

:- Doug.

These years matter?

:- Doug.

Good things about growing older?

:- Doug.

I wonder, what is this thing about called aging, becoming an elder? Not to the end that younger respect me, but that I respect myself.

:- Doug.

Don’t tell what you know: find out who the other person is, what occupies his or her thoughts. If you are asked to tell, tell the same of yourself. I often wonder….

:- Doug.

Trust is said to be a key competitive advantage. Yet competition is based on not trusting nor cooperating with others.

:- Doug.

You might just be playful….

:- Doug.

I love to play with….

:- Doug.

The more things change, the more….

:- Doug.

Have you noticed…
You now see things in larger strokes, bigger constellations?

:- Doug.

The constellation of clients I serve, surprisingly, look a lot like me!

:- Doug.

Some folks do the same stuff over and over, and some go deeper and deeper.

:- Doug.

Have you asked Why is everyone in such a hurry?:

:- Doug.

Perhaps seek out the spirits playful—be bold! Are you a falcon, a storm, or a great cloud? Do you ever feel the play of a mystery in your life? Have you found that you are growing in some ways even as you age? A friend of mine who is dying says he feels like he is getting thinner, blending with something larger: do you ever feel that way?

:- Doug.

Elders are the chronologically gifted.

:- Doug.

Elder time is prime time.

:- Doug.

We each have something beyond ourselves to share. A richness ineffable.

:- Doug.

Maybe you know all about God there is to know; do you know all about God there is to not know?

:- Doug.

Footprints in the Wind^sm # 1730

Popcorn finally heated to turn us inside out, finding we contain more volume than we thought, unimagined shapes—fractal-like undefinable edges, known and unknowable, emergent—we elders! Again, Jack Frost on a window pane, broccoli, river systems, coastlines, lightning bolts, mountain ranges, heart sounds, neural networks, pulmonary vessels, DNA, cracks of beauty in a face!

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Playfulness becomes elders.

:- Doug.

The playful elder

:- Doug.

A tree grown tall
touches more
of the breeze

:- Doug.