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Some insights bump my thinking along down the road; some cut a new path. This new becomes my path. I hardly recognize where I have turned. To guide others I need to carefully mark the turning places.

:- Doug.

See humanity from a God’s-eye view: persons and generations rising and passing away, learning, building, warring, relearning: a flowing. Here you are, a whirlpool in the flow. You spin, you affect, you flow along. Your choices are your flow.

:- Doug.

We can enjoy exploratory self-reorganization.

:- Doug.

We cannot pinpoint in the past a single cause for every current event. Often, there is a complex of causes. This fact tells us no one can control what will happen. Your touch is not without effect. Do the right thing.

:- Doug.

An elder is one who earns the respect of the community and sparkles in the eyes of the grandchildren.

:- Doug.

Elders 1. playfully, spiritually, 2. live (and invite others to live) in a panoramic story, and 3. grow by shedding and loss.

:- Doug.

An elder is one who happily puts a panoramic world view at play to expand our spirits.

:- Doug.

Elders are out of control!

:- Doug.

Play is love. Therefore, who is play?

:- Doug.

Playing is learning. Because we are opening.

:- Doug.

Play with enthusiasm.

:- Doug.

Come play elder with us!

:- Doug.

The most fun thing is eldering!

:- Doug.

In trying to learn Spanish, I am confused between un, una, and uno. When you’re confused, it is a clue you have a question. You can research the easy ones (unos, unas?). If it’s about life, humanity, and complexity, ask an elder.

:- Doug.

I believe that elders are an affront to the world’s habits—because they present a broader range of choices.

:- Doug.

An endangered species that endangers human habits.

:- Doug.

Elders are a dangerous breed.

:- Doug.

Careful. Soon you might hear “The first thing we do, let’s kill all the…elders.”

:- Doug.

Elders show us a broader range of choices.

:- Doug.

Elders: the flowering of improbability, complexity, and variety.

:- Doug.

Elders as agape.

:- Doug.

Elders affront the world: why are you still here? Still telling us these things?

:- Doug.

Elders: complement of human life.

:- Doug.