FootprintsintheWind.com

The reason we travel
is to bring home
the not-home
The reason we open
our eyes, our soul

:- Doug.

If you want to find spirit working, set out. Look. Speak, hear. Open.

:- Doug.

Pray for her
Sit with him
Grandchild
You will only
Meet this way

:- Doug.

Explore
the guts to be you—
before it’s too late for them

:- Doug.

Unwrap
the most important
lesson of your life
that the
grandchildren must absorb

:- Doug.

The peculiar is universal
maybe because
we’re all peculiar

:- Doug.

Life gets more holy.

:- Doug.

This holy place
This holy day
This holy person

:- Doug.

Why do I want to develop elders? Because now is the best chance for us to make life better for all grandchildren. Now we know all the ages. Now we suddenly see more. Now we have the health and wealth and spirit to help life see more, be more, do more.

:- Doug.

Do we—I—have a positive, respectful regard for the grandchildren?

:- Doug.

When you grow older, will you be any good at it?

:- Doug.

People don’t buy excitement. Even the people who say “I’m excited to announce….” Especially them. Look at their faces.

:- Doug.

Blooming age!

:- Doug.

Grow or grandchildren die.

:- Doug.

In age we grow; for whom?

:- Doug.

If you fail, the grandchildren die.

:- Doug.

What will the grandchildren need?

:- Doug.

Elders have large depth of field.

:- Doug.

Transition to elder: What do you want to be (for all the grandchildren) when you grow up?

:-Doug.

Choose to grow: For all the grandchildren.

:- Doug.

Make a list of anything and everything you’ve ever wanted to do. Yes, even when you were 10.

:- Doug.

How can you know when will be the last time you go canoeing with your grandchildren?

:- Doug.

Time’s a-wasting: cookies, tree limbs, and grandchildren.

:- Doug.