Slant of the line?
What is the slant of the line of human development through age?
:- Doug.
I invite us to think about growing older and what it could mean for the species.
:- Doug.
Archive for February 28th, 2019
Elder playpens
Perhaps retirement has been bad for us. We are no longer engrossed and absorbed in something or someone in life. Elder playpens, honey-do lists, and pastimes only go so far. Then we are bored and we drop out of life. Life drops out of us.
:- Doug.
Guns, cookies, and difficulty thinking
For me, a vital old age means working For the Grandchildren. I think that’s ultimately what we’re about in working for affordable housing, organizing against gun and gang violence, and baking cookies.
Does that cut out the person who can only sit and pray? By no means, get going with it. The person who has difficulty thinking and operating the spoon? I suspect not: they might have feet in both worlds, something to convey us along, if we would hear.
:- Doug.
