How do you elder?
How do you elder?
:- Doug.
The elders of our tribe and I counsel.
:- Doug.
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Each of us privileged
Each of us privileged
to be touched by seven
generations
our own
one, grand, great before
one, grand, great after
so when we come to sense
we may elder
:- Doug.
Do eldering things
Eldering: do the things that the elders of the tribe do: loving, encouraging, seeing far, touching 7 generations.
:- Doug.
My memory is in places
My memory is in places. If I want to remember to take my camera this evening and not leave the document I am working on, I put my camera on top of a paper I am taking home. That is enough to re-mind me to find the batteries too.
:- Doug.
The Will you get from the Web
The Will you get from the Web is one size fits nobody. All you have to do is sign here. I ask more work of you.
:- Doug.
The Will is only the product
See? You ask lots of questions: that proves your life is not written in any form book. It is the questions and stories you need to tell that lead to the experience and counsel I have to share. The Will is only the product of our meeting.
:- Doug.
Elders growing worth
Elders are not partial nor disabled but validly creative, growing worth and abilities new.
:- Doug.
My work in the prime
I’m in the prime and I want to make it matter.
My work? Making our life matter!
:- Doug.
Death brings a duty
Death brings a duty
and we create ritual to
remember
and more, glassy waters
in which to reflect
:- Doug.
Maslow of gerontology
I am a Maslow of gerontology: not a dismal science of all that can go wrong but seeker of what grows.
:- Doug.
To the ones who bumble
To the ones who bumble
What does it mean to Bee
To all levels of your Beeing?
:- Doug.
