Possibly better?
This course asks, Is it possible the living world of the grandchildren can be better than this one? Can we help?
:- Doug.
As we fall through time?
What happens to us
as we fall through time?
What do we happen to—and whom?
:- Doug.
Beings we did not make
To live among senior old people
to live among infants of any species
to live from mystery
these are beings we did not make
powers we cannot comprehend
:- Doug.
You spent your life as an adult
You spent your life as an adult
working for others
concerned with volume and price
Now is a time your elder years to see
to weal, fertility, wholeness, life
for the grandchildren of all the grandchildren
:- Doug.
Robbing the elders
What do the younger do that robs the elders? What do the elders to to rob themselves?
:- Doug.
Best and real use?
What is the best use of beloved old people? How do we include old people in our real lives?
:- Doug.
I go to the tourist bureau
I go to the tourist bureau
(could be any place)
not for these young people’s
knowledge but their
experience
and of experience what is the
human value?
:- Doug.
Take care there be no waste
Take care there be no waste
of old nor young nor middling
of land nor food nor compost
:- Doug.
Footprints in the Windsm # 1827–Aging is to eldering moments
Footprints in the Windsm # 1827
Aging is to eldering moments
as the stars and moon are to
northern lights
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Holding space for dying
Someone is going to be holding space for a woman planning her funeral with her family; might we hold space for folks planning their dying—living while dying? Or even their elder years?
:- Doug.
Encourage conflict
We desire so much to resolve conflict: reflect that we also need to encourage conflict, that is, to get us to heard—heard in our intellects and in our emotions.
:- Doug.
Passion responsibility tragedy
Eldering relies on passion, responsibility, tragedy, and grief.
:- Doug.
Intermediate outcomes
Much we speak of leadership and outcomes: I am reminded that more essential is a first follower and second; where does that leave outcomes? Perhaps outcomes are between and among followers, so there are multiple and divergent outcomes and no possibility of final outcomes. Trust the followers to bring about the intermediate outcomes.
:- Doug.
Culmination: challenge
This morning the word “culmination” came strongly to me: Old age is a time (not the time) of completion, of wholeness and fullness, of a person and of a species. This life has matured, is all it has so far been. It is a world challenge.
:- Doug.
Should elders be allowed?
How ought elders live on among us? Should elders be allowed to live on among us?
:- Doug.
