“Sorting gets harder as time goes on--it requires a sort of ruthless decisiveness, while indecision results in endless dithering. Five moves, they say, equal a fire. But those who haven't moved may begin to need a fire. [p. 38]”
“Sorting gets harder as time goes on--it requires a sort of ruthless decisiveness, while indecision results in endless dithering. Five moves, they say, equal a fire. But those who haven't moved may begin to need a fire. [p. 38]”
Mary Catherine Bateson
“Human beings do not eat nutrients, they eat food.”
Mary Catherine Bateson“The family is changing, not disappearing. We have to broaden our understanding of it, look for the new metaphors.”
Mary Catherine Bateson“The timing of death, like the ending of a story, gives a changed meaning to what preceded it.”
Mary Catherine Bateson“Fear is not a good teacher. The lessons of fear are quickly forgotten.”
Mary Catherine Bateson“Since few people arrive at retirement with an understanding that this transition will involve a rethinking of who they are, an interim pattern has emerged, in which travel offers a way of fulfilling deferred daydreams of adventure while the next stage takes shape. [p. 31]”
Mary Catherine Bateson, Composing a Life“Real winners in a rapidly changing world will be those who are open to alternatives and able to respect and value those who are different.”
Mary Catherine Bateson, Composing a Life“An encounter with other cultures can lead to openness only if you can suspend the assumption of superiority, not seeing new worlds to conquer, but new worlds to respect.”
Mary Catherine Bateson, Composing a Life“Sorting gets harder as time goes on--it requires a sort of ruthless decisiveness, while indecision results in endless dithering. Five moves, they say, equal a fire. But those who haven't moved may begin to need a fire. [p. 38]”
Mary Catherine Bateson, Composing a Further Life: The Age of Active Wisdom“... as we age we have not only to readdress earlier developmental crises but also somehow to find the way to three affirmations that may seem to conflict. ... We have to affirm our own life. We have to affirm our own death. And we have to affirm love, both given and received. [p. 88]”
Mary Catherine Bateson, Composing a Further Life: The Age of Active Wisdom“After all, most of us have lived lives based on commitments made without any way of knowing where they would lead. The uncertainty is an essential element in commitment, the acceptance of consequences an essential element in fidelity. [p. 80]”
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