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Repeating quandaries
Write from where I am in life, bring forth the repeating quandaries over generations. :- Doug.
Gained and lost?
Will the later generation of necessity be wiser, or like us, have gained some, lost some? :- Doug.
Need and distance
The work is converse across the generations, the impossible dilemma between the need for each other and the distance among. :- Doug.
Just stand
When you come to my loved one’s funeral Just stand by me When you visit the 11th generation, then too :- Doug.
Friendship across centuries
If we can form a friendship with a grandchild across centuries, what can possibly be impossible? :- Doug.
Indifferent to 11th
Don’t be indifferent to the 11th generation. :- Doug.
Grandparent Passport
If we are to visit our grandchildren, what is this new kind of passport? The Grandparent Passport! :- Doug.
Concerns of our lives?
What are the concerns of our lives? Here we can study. How might these be approached by later generations? :- Doug.
Where do we differ?
To my 11th generation grandchild: You know about me. I don’t know about you—where do we differ? :- Doug.
Where do you fit and not?
To my 11th generation grandchild: Where do you fit and not fit? :- Doug.
Imagined advantage
One advantage one imagines of a conversation with one’s own 11th generation is that there is a quick openness to sharing inner darkness, light, truths, and quandaries. It does not matter what I think of them or they of me. … Continue reading
Friend for generations
A friend for generations I seek to be :- Doug.
What would you like to give?
What would you like to give the grandchildren? :- Doug.
What do we have worthy?
What do we have worthy of the grandchildren? :- Doug.