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Modern Magellans of the mysteries of human possibilities.

:- Doug.

Elders: right future. Right way.

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Elders will get us to the future.

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Elders are essential to the future.

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Elders are the future.

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What elders do and are is key to the future.

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Eldering: it’s what you don’t know that counts. And other paradoxes.

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Elders temper the world.

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What then do I believe? Elders can show us a more human way forward to a larger world.

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Elders show us how to be present to another, before we forget.

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Elders relate more easily, teaching us to risk well.

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Elders show us the how and why of play for human advancement.

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Experienced elders show the way to sinking below language and thought.

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In theirs, elders find value in the no-destination of conversation, opening more paths for humanity. If we have ears to hear.

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When gathered, elders map new worlds, teaching the rest of us that our maps can be redrawn to serve humanity.

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Elders’ kaffeeklatsches hide in plain sight the human value to thinking together in conversation.

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Elders experience loss as gain, so that we too open our eyes to paradox.

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Elders are evaporating before our eyes, teaching us that though we too are dying, we can matter.

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Elders are wise because of their unknowing, showing us to keep open to learning.

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Elders ask questions that penetrate our souls. To keep us human.

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Elders show us what it means to be fully human, and why we must remember.

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Elders alert us to collateral benefits, patterns, nuances, connections, similarities, constants underlying variations, and things going on in the periphery, so that we choose well.

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Elders show us how to make curiosity work.

:- Doug.