The sea parts
The sea parts
arises an individual
standing out
—but for a time—
then this one merges
back into the great flow
the greater one
:- Doug.
Archive for July 15th, 2016
Tasks and purposes
Tasks are a useful place for goals
Purposes go beyond
To broader, longer,… and deeper
:- Doug.
age for reveling
At 45, you revel in how great you are: at 70, in how you are falling apart.
:- Doug.
Lonely? What does it mean?
What does it mean to an elder to be lonely? Does it mean to be abandoned by family and friends? To have spouse and children die?
Does it mean to have friends unable to get over to visit? Does it mean friends who can no longer hear, nor see, nor remember? Does it mean to be angry with them for abandoning you?
Does it mean not being able to communicate with younger people because they do not know the things your knew, they know things you’ve never heard of, you cannot hear them when they talk so fast?
Does it mean it is difficult to reach out to people you know, people you don’t know? Does it mean it is difficult, takes almost too much effort to volunteer to help in some small way? Does it mean that your help is more effort and bother for the other volunteers? Does it mean you don’t want to be a burden?
What is a burden? Is it a burden for you to find ways to be a joyful burden to someone else?
Is it easier for you to feel sorry for yourself and just turn inward? Is it an effort to move past turning inward to greeting a likely younger person with a smile?
Is this some of what it means to be an elder and be lonely?
:- Doug.
Sharing your wisdom with younger generations?
How do you share your wisdom with younger generations? How do you first find it? What does it mean to you to not only harvest your wisdom but to express it?
:- Doug.
