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The fact that the elder can bring the dreamlike to the conversation tells us she or he can bring the larger truths to the grandchildren. This is a time of life when we can be the larger people we are. We have ones for whom that matters—the grandchildren.

:- Doug.

Elder speaks a little now
knows this is enough
has no further significance

:- Doug.

Grow, see, let it be

:- Doug.

An elder brings dreamlike, personal boundary-crossing, intuitions, and insights to the service of the grandchildren.

:- Doug.

Meeting goes further than awareness—all the way to hearing, humanity, relatedness, and permission to be different.

:- Doug.

How are you related to the elders 300 years from now? You are not unless it is through the spirit—our first relationship. So these grandchildren are right next door to you, they share an inside door.

:- Doug.

The “common adversary” nature of the meeting of grandchildren and elders has juiciness to nourish.

:- Doug.

How are you—we—enfolding
unfolding us—you—now and ever?

:- Doug.

What is our role
in a conversation without words
to dance, to turn compost, ?

:- Doug.

Words get in the way of conversation
Without words converse

:- Doug.