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Maybe you know all about God there is to know; do you know all about God there is to not know?

:- Doug.

Footprints in the Wind^sm # 1730

Popcorn finally heated to turn us inside out, finding we contain more volume than we thought, unimagined shapes—fractal-like undefinable edges, known and unknowable, emergent—we elders! Again, Jack Frost on a window pane, broccoli, river systems, coastlines, lightning bolts, mountain ranges, heart sounds, neural networks, pulmonary vessels, DNA, cracks of beauty in a face!

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Playfulness becomes elders.

:- Doug.

The playful elder

:- Doug.

A tree grown tall
touches more
of the breeze

:- Doug.

Why eldering is the best of life.

:- Doug.

There is a juiciness to life I could not have expected when I was your age.

:- Doug.

The richness of life as an elder

:- Doug.

I like growing older because: Elders are still growing; The view is larger, panoramic; I am becoming mist; Playful elders are fun to meet; People are playful with me; Grandchildren abound!; Boundaries all about are lowering; Older folks are happier; Solitude is my friend; Conversation is richer; Life is opening….

:- Doug.

The furthest reaches of human development are touched by elders.

:- Doug.

Have your own guess
about the purpose of your life?

:- Doug.

What essence does it hold
this last grain
through your hourglass?

:- Doug.

Have you been used well by life?

:- Doug.

How old do I want to get to be?
Old enough to still be…serving

:- Doug.

Let us rely on each other—ROEO.

:- Doug.

There is a lightness of being elder.

:- Doug.

I like growing older because….

:- Doug.

Footprints in the Wind^sm # 1729

Wonderful greens
outside my window
shadows and movement
sunlight cutting through
separating the yellow greens
above from the darker below
where a cat softly

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Maybe through the words you hear
—and this is how the music appears—
kindness permeates our air

:- Doug.

People of the longer view are elders.

:- Doug.

Some are masters of obviania.

:- Doug.

Growing older is growing.

:- Doug.

The growing part of growing older

:- Doug.