Archive for September, 2017

Gracefully old

Gracefully old

:- Doug.

Published in: Conversations | on September 30th, 2017 | No Comments »

You might already

You might already be an elder if….

:- Doug.

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Cannot manage life

You cannot manage life: you can only manage yourself with respect to life.

:- Doug.

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Footprints in the Windsm # 1726–Come home, come home

Footprints in the Windsm # 1726

Come home, come home
to your soul self
the one you once & ever were
the one you brought special
to this world
Live from here
live your self
join with all of us
the dance
daily leave out from here
into your world work
daily return here for
respite, refuge, sanctuary &
rekindling


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Life is

You’re not in control; life is in control.

:- Doug.

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or at least chutzpah!

You need confidence in your message—or at least chutzpah!

:- Doug.

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What do we make

What do we make of eldering?

:- Doug.

Published in: Conversations | on September 29th, 2017 | No Comments »

juicier, more complex

Eldering: a new life, healthier, longer, juicier, more complex, nuanced, relational, and possibility-filled.

:- Doug.

Published in: Conversations | on September 29th, 2017 | No Comments »

Savory or wise?

Elders: savory, wise, both?

:- Doug.

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They let it choose them

Elders are up to something, not because they chose it, but because they chose to let expanded existence choose to come through them.

:- Doug.

Published in: Conversations | on September 29th, 2017 | No Comments »

You started dying

You started dying long before you noticed.

:- Doug.

Published in: Conversations | on September 29th, 2017 | No Comments »

being grown

Eldering: being grown.

:- Doug.

Published in: Conversations | on September 28th, 2017 | No Comments »

Finally grown up!

Finally grown up!

:- Doug.

Published in: Conversations | on September 28th, 2017 | No Comments »

Weaver, baker, playmate

The elder is weaver, baker, playmate, encourager, counselor, explorer, future-finder, imaginer.

:- Doug.

Published in: Conversations | on September 28th, 2017 | No Comments »

Elder a grandchild

How to elder a grandchild

:- Doug.

Published in: Conversations | on September 28th, 2017 | No Comments »

Subtle, nuanced, unexpected:

Subtle, nuanced, unexpected: your elderhood.

:- Doug.

Published in: Conversations | on September 28th, 2017 | No Comments »

Design this life

How to design your life in elderhood

:- Doug.

Published in: Conversations | on September 27th, 2017 | No Comments »

Footprints in the Windsm # 1725–Do not seek to be in charge

Footprints in the Windsm # 1725

Do not seek to be in charge
Be in the assembly
Grasp & tussle not
Only guide
One voice among
One simple foolish loving voice
Among


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Take charge

Take charge of your elder years.

:- Doug.

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Boring places

Boring places: nursing homes. Stimulation free. Done to and for. No initiative enlisted. No art work. No Kaffeeklatsch. No conversation. No reminiscing nor reflection. No classes nor learning. No children. Few animals. No interaction. Factory-style arrangement to dispense meds, diapers, and showers. But no humanity. No life. No bright colors, no interesting shapes. No library. No gathering places. No places to meet the real world, its peoples, its life. Sit there and be bored. To death. Few jokes, laughter, smiles. Where are the hugs, the back rubs, the touches? The cooking, the tending of gardens and pets? Life? Imagination? Of staff, too? Events? Why the wilting of spirit?

:- Doug.

Published in: Conversations | on September 27th, 2017 | No Comments »

Just a grandchild

Elders can save the world! Or maybe just a grandchild.

:- Doug.

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Every day closer to death

Every day closer to death.

:- Doug.

Published in: Conversations | on September 27th, 2017 | No Comments »

Age is not a disability.

Age is not a disability.

:- Doug.

Published in: Conversations | on September 26th, 2017 | No Comments »
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