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A river is a streaming
We can never touch the same water twice
A person is a streaming
We can never touch the same soul twice
We ought to touch

:- Doug.

If
person is process
then
so eldering

:- Doug.

In the morning I
Notice the light
Notice my body
Notice the bed
Awakening steps by steps

:- Doug.

We fear being called “elder”
We fear we’re not that good
So many grandchildren
Need us
To be that good

:- Doug.

You do not need to lose
for me to grow
nor I to win

:- Doug.

Looking that particular direction
missed by us
not scythe but home his offering

:- Doug.

as in the house we
brush we live in our passings
through passings…passings

:- Doug.

What is the playful elder’s path to a peaceful, creative, inclusive world for the grandchildren?

:- Doug.

Maybe we don’t need to connect well with humans—yet we sure want to. The effort is right.

:- Doug.

Take some vulnerability for your journey.

:- Doug.

Elders have something essential to give for the grandchildren—let’s get to it!

:- Doug.

Grief is play
it turns us inside out

:- Doug.

What it touches becomes light.

:- Doug.

Breathe the upward air.

:- Doug.

Disability is an ability.

:- Doug.

It is not a question of What can we yet do, but What are we of all generations best equipped to do?

:- Doug.

Don’t respect our elders—till they earn it.

:- Doug.

Speak your spirit.

:- Doug.

Long-term caring means centering on the survival of the species.

:- Doug.

If you are not living for the grandchildren, then for what or whom?

:- Doug.

We won’t get any wiser until we put to work our wise enough.

:- Doug.

What wisdom are you gleaning from the young?

:- Doug.

Let us hold hands across the centuries, with as many hands as we can find.

:- Doug.