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The future meets the past in us, the elders.

:- Doug.

We, at the pinnacle of our humanity
Choose—or not—to imagine a higher stage
And higher still—in all the grandchildren

:- Doug.

What can we leave for the grandchildren?

:- Doug.

Why are we still here? (If not a little for the grandchildren?)

:- Doug.

For the Grandchildren: Why we do who we are.

:- Doug.

Imagination causes you
to do (and be)
stop at a red light
for you are law-abiding
there may be a cop to see
or you are helping traffic flow
held by your imagination

:- Doug.

Plants, animals, and clouds we become for the grandchildren.

:- Doug.

Only the matured imagination can serve the generations.

:- Doug.

Aging might be opportunity for the grandchildren.

:- Doug.

Gentle hands on levers, softly open embraces, slight push releasing a toy sail boat on this pond: Elders giving to the grandchildren.

:- Doug.

Eldering moves beyond personal development to world development.

:- Doug.

Now, what we see can help them see.

:- Doug.

We dim and blaze, go and come, pulsate: we imagine a better world for the grandchildren.

:- Doug.

In those houses
Whose solar panels
Heat the water
The people bathe
In sunlight!

:- Doug.

What to make of our aging?

:- Doug.

Footprints in the Wind^sm # 1821

What you never
dared whisper
say aloud
your words
come out of
a great heart
your heart
and the great heart
share one beat

Please pass it on.

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Nuancing our years: What (and whom) are we about now?

:- Doug.

What is this age about, and whom are we here for?

:- Doug.

You are the jumping off point of the generations.

:- Doug.

Now that you stand at the head of the generations, who?

:- Doug.

Begin your journey in generativity.

:- Doug.

The dreams must skip a generation.

:- Doug.

A better world? Up to you.

:- Doug.