Humanity is not owned
We can live—live!—outside the grasp of the ego-centric. Humanity is not owned by the competition minded.
:- Doug.
We can live—live!—outside the grasp of the ego-centric. Humanity is not owned by the competition minded.
:- Doug.
The world of the elder is holocentric, inventive, conversation-based, just, compassionate, sustaining.
:- Doug.
O that when younger I had seen what I now can see! (Of what use would it have been to me then?)
:- Doug.
I am coming to understand that we cannot call ourselves wise or elders, yet we can lean our path in that direction and get as far along as we get. It is not a place to attain. It is simply a chance to grow. We are coming to eldering.
:- Doug.
What else does an elder do?
:- Doug.
You need not figure out what is your prime message as an elder, once and for all time. What’s your message today?
:- Doug.
There is much pain in this room. For what good is this pain?
:- Doug.
For what might the fading of our bodies and brains make room?
:- Doug.
What do we fear of age? What can be its boons?
:- Doug.