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Elders are prone to give increasing attention to the heart of things.

:- Doug.

I am fascinated by the warp of space-time for my thoughts this morning of life review. Although we have all done some life review, stirring the pot differently can raise new meats.

So what and whom have come near, and what do those say of me? I have come to like people who are thoughtful in a large picture way, who are kindly and gentle, nurturing. A teacher twisting my ear. A tender wife from a kind and gentle family, open to hearing me. People turning to me and hearing. Pondering and meditating/contemplating. Journaling. Prayer and churches and Meeting and meeting. Reading. Watching clouds while resting my head in the grass. Experiencing thunderstorms from outdoor porches. Telling stories to grandchildren. Wrestling and tickling grandchildren. Computers opening worlds, letting me arrange. Outdoors and waters and canoeing and bike riding. Fishing. Mowing.

:- Doug.

In how many ways could you write your life review? In how many ways can you paint a painting, make a video? Chronologically and reverse, threads, people, environments, and milieus, constellations, aspects, faces, buckets and bucket lists, colors, tunes, topography, menus, tactile surfaces, feelings, flavors, weather, bodily sensations, spiritual flows, things thrown in a compost heap…. We don’t have to seek time-bound progress. We can go in circles, spirals, backwards, take quantum leaps, go through worm holes to other worlds, be the gravity that warps space time, drawing all near us.

:- Doug.

These are hints, clues, things noticed. Neither requirements nor categories.

:- Doug.

Eldering is art
by each hand nuanced

:- Doug.