bateson: on love and difference
25 Sep 2017another insight that struck me from the mary catherine bateson episode of on being was her thinking about love and difference.
Read more...another insight that struck me from the mary catherine bateson episode of on being was her thinking about love and difference.
Read more...in the mary catherine bateson episode of on being, bateson cites her mom’s love of a particular poem, when earth’s picture is painted by rudyard kipling. the full poem is at the end, but i really liked the conversation krista had with bateson about the poem’s vision of heaven.
Read more...one particular line section in the mary catherine bateson episode of on being sort of blew my mind.
Read more...so here’s the thing: there will always always be more to do than i can do. (note: i’m going to use “i-statements” for this, but it also applies to you and all of us). no matter how much i limit my contact with new people and new ideas, there will always be more to do than i have time for. i could sit alone for years and think up enough to do to keep me occupied for a lifetime (is everyone like this? maybe not…).
Read more...so there is a shift afoot with regards to either/or and both/and thinking. it’s happening in lots of places and from many different directions, people in my circles are decreasingly interested in either/or thinking. people are leaving behind the idea that choosing between two options is ever a realistic situation.
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