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The family is changing not disappearing. We have to broaden our understanding of it, look for the new metaphors.

Mary Catherine Bateson

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Human beings tend to regard the conventions of their own societies as natural, often as sacred.
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The timing of death, like the ending of a story, gives a changed meaning to what preceded it.
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As you get up in the morning, as you make decisions, as you spend money, make friends, make commitments, you are creating a piece of art called your life.
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Fear is not a good teacher. The lessons of fear are quickly forgotten.
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Worlds can be found by a child and an adult bending down and looking together under the grass stems or at the skittering crabs in a tidal pool.
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The capacity to combine commitment with skepticism is essential to democracy.
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Jazz exemplifies artistic activity that is at once individual and communal, performance that is both repetitive and innovative, each participant sometimes providing background support and sometimes flying free.
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Human beings do not eat nutrients, they eat food.
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Monotony and repetition are characteristic of many parts of life, but these do not become sources of conscious discomfort until novelty and entertainment are built up as positive experiences.
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There are few things as toxic as a bad metaphor. You can’t think without metaphors.
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Insight, I believe, refers to the depth of understanding that comes by setting experiences, yours and mine, familiar and exotic, new and old, side by side, learning by letting them speak to one another.
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Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.
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Goals too clearly defined can become blinkers.
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The critical question about regret is whether experience led to growth and new learning. Some people seem to keep on making the same mistakes, while others at least make new ones. Regret and remorse can be either paralyzing or inspiring.
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