... 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 BatesonTags: age
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. [p. 199]
Mary Catherine BatesonTags: regret
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]
Mary Catherine BatesonTags: age
So this little boy was--I became her confidant a little too early, I think. It didn't seem to warp me exactly, but it left me with a little too much knowledge at an early age. [p. 143]
Mary Catherine Bateson... active wisdom--an entire cohort with something new to offer to the world as years of experience combined with continuing health. [p. 52]
Mary Catherine BatesonTags: age
We never promised we would stay the same,/But only we would shape our change/From this now single clay.[p. 82]
Mary Catherine BatesonTags: age
The timing of death, like the ending of a story, gives a changed meaning to what preceded it.
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