eldering

The article is on the idea of "eldering," making the final stage of life more meaningful.

Gratitude 11/11/07 William Harryman 2007

It seems to me that during this period of eldering it is good to reap the harvest of one's understanding of what is important, and to share this, especially with the young.

Alice Walker: Why I'm joining the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza 2011

It seems to me that during this period of eldering it is good to reap the harvest of one's understanding of what is important, and to share this, especially with the young.

Alice Walker: Why I'm joining the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza 2011

They are to come of twinning age so soon as they may be born to be eldering like those olders while they are living under chairs.

Finnegans Wake 2006

And so will preaching, eldering, and song leading.

Navigating the Winds of Change LYNN ANDERSON 1994

This experience is important because it's precisely this kind of loss of control we fear from illness or eldering.

Lakeshore Jay Lake 2010

Rather, I used to just unthinkingly assume I'd tick along into my 70s or something then deal with the issues of ailments and eldering.

Lakeshore 2010

When we provide eldering in response to a situation or to an incident, the eldering can often be perceived as correction and is often short lived.

QuakerQuaker.org 2009

But if this part of the eldering function is completely dismissed "because we don't live as early Friends did and that was then, this is now," then how do we hold ourselves responsible for considering if there is new Light that is being offered and not just engaging in our "business as usual" and enjoying our own best thinking?

QuakerQuaker.org 2009

When we provide eldering as part of an ongoing relationship, the eldering can be perceived as both challenging and supportive, nurturing and a calling-out.

QuakerQuaker.org 2009