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If you would honor me, plant a tree for the wholeness of the next few generations.

:- Doug.

Life seeks only to
expand—without end—yours the
essential moment

:- Doug.

Friend, into your beauty, grace, and work.

:- Doug.

Mostly, caring needs to be peculiar to the client: what they would like, what they would find nurturing. So we need to ask, need to inquire after the person.

:- Doug.

Eldering is a one-way ticket:
we burst the bubble of ego:
there is no return

:- Doug.

Footprints in the Wind^sm # 1673

Holy is empty, and the task of the prophet, the hero, is to merge, and then emerge back to the world with this boon. The boon? Emptiness. Freedom. Meeting. Hmm… Meeting is part of emptiness. Had not thought of that before. It is not that emptiness is a prerequisite, but that meeting only takes place in emptiness. The more empty, the more possible meeting. This might be why grief is a stronger more foundational meeting place than celebration: it is more empty.

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OK: Sew Sow So….

:- Doug.

Ego vs Spirit: Safe return unlikely.

:- Doug.

The essence, the
mystery of eldering
is you must die

:- Doug.

I sleep better when I leave my life behind.

:- Doug.

Who in your life died? Who left you alone? What did you feel?

:- Doug.

Touching lives. This may be what I saw when I wrote that sharing grief is humanity’s soul purpose. Touching one another’s lives. Allowing ourselves to be touched. Lives touching. Inextricably entwining.

:- Doug.

Care is head work; caring is heart work.

:- Doug.

Friend, into your working softness.

:- Doug.

Had a wonderful conversation with a friend yesterday: she sees she can make the world better in little ways, encouraging people to keep up work on their dreams. She talked with a medical intern who was depressed because a patient had died; she talked to a young student from another continent who felt all alone. She believes having these little conversations make a big difference in the world.

:- Doug.

Be caring!

:- Doug.

Who knows what results? Do what I can to help people and let things take their course.

:- Doug.

What are you doing for the world? To advance it?

:- Doug.

Do what I can to help people. Maybe something will come of it, maybe not: my task is to help, to make the world softer, greener.

:- Doug.

What is the meaning and meaninglessness behind inviting, freeing, engaging? Maybe beyond loving?

:- Doug.

What does God symbolize to you? What is your meaning? What is the source beneath the source that God is to you?

:- Doug.

Friend, into your earthiness, source, heat, light, and spirit.

:- Doug.

What will help us see across the generations, see the role of nature in human development?

:- Doug.