Which which?
Senior citizen, older adult, elderly, aged, elder, old fart: which would you like to be?
:- Doug.
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Cannot manage life
You cannot manage life: you can only manage yourself with respect to life.
:- Doug.
juicier, more complex
Eldering: a new life, healthier, longer, juicier, more complex, nuanced, relational, and possibility-filled.
:- Doug.
They let it choose them
Elders are up to something, not because they chose it, but because they chose to let expanded existence choose to come through them.
:- Doug.
Weaver, baker, playmate
The elder is weaver, baker, playmate, encourager, counselor, explorer, future-finder, imaginer.
:- Doug.
Footprints in the Windsm # 1725–Do not seek to be in charge
Footprints in the Windsm # 1725
Do not seek to be in charge
Be in the assembly
Grasp & tussle not
Only guide
One voice among
One simple foolish loving voice
Among
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Boring places
Boring places: nursing homes. Stimulation free. Done to and for. No initiative enlisted. No art work. No Kaffeeklatsch. No conversation. No reminiscing nor reflection. No classes nor learning. No children. Few animals. No interaction. Factory-style arrangement to dispense meds, diapers, and showers. But no humanity. No life. No bright colors, no interesting shapes. No library. No gathering places. No places to meet the real world, its peoples, its life. Sit there and be bored. To death. Few jokes, laughter, smiles. Where are the hugs, the back rubs, the touches? The cooking, the tending of gardens and pets? Life? Imagination? Of staff, too? Events? Why the wilting of spirit?
:- Doug.
