... 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.
Mary Catherine BatesonThe past empowers the present, and the sweeping footsteps leading to this present mark the pathways to the future.
Mary Catherine BatesonAs 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.
Mary Catherine Bateson