Praying for limited things
We are given to pray for limited things: our task is to make something happen ourselves, not to have it all given to us.
:- Doug.
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We need exemplars
We need exemplars of what it means to age well. To be an elder for sure is to slow down, take a longer view, put the puzzling picture together. Health and mind may fail, but of that there is no guarantee. Nor is there of wisdom. We can choose what we nurture.
:- Doug.
But we are gods:
She prayed:
I am glad I am not God
But we are gods:
The whole
world in our hands
:- Doug.
Concentration can be
Concentration can be contrary to the skills most used by a scout, a larger picture seeker, a creator. Doesn’t have to be. Can be learned. Can be turned off and on.
:- Doug.
stick-in-the-mudarians
I have a strong bent contrarian
So ought revel in
Arousing stick-in-the-mudarians
:- Doug.
a natural—and right—response?
What if dementia were not something going wrong in a person’s life, but a natural—and right—response to something in that life—like sweat in response to heat? What if the person were doing exactly what were necessary this moment physically, mentally, or spiritually? Who says everyone has to live in just one so-called “reality?” Who appointed us young ones arbiters of that reality?
:- Doug.
