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Adrienne Maree Brown's Emergent Strategy is a great shot of hope to add to any personal/ organizational goal planning sessions. Brown's exuberant voice cheerleads readers to a vision of a brighter future.
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“Love does not lead to an end to difficulties, it provides us with the means to cope with our difficulties in ways that enhance our growth.”
― All About Love: New Visions
― All About Love: New Visions
“In the realm of the political, among the religious, in our families, and in our romantic lives, we see little indication that love informs decisions, strengthens our understanding of community, or keeps us together. This bleak picture in no way alters the nature of our longing. We still hope that love will prevail. We still believe in love’s promise.”
― All About Love: New Visions
― All About Love: New Visions
“The heart of justice is truth telling, seeing ourselves and the world the way it is rather than the way we want it to be.”
― All About Love: New Visions
― All About Love: New Visions
“Commitment to a love ethic transforms our lives by offering us a different set of values to live by. In large and small ways, we make choices based on a belief that honesty, openness, and personal integrity need to be expressed in public and private decisions.”
― All About Love: New Visions
― All About Love: New Visions
“Imagine how much easier it would be for us to learn how to love if we began with a shared definition. The word “love” is most often defined as a noun, yet all the more astute theorists of love acknowledge that we would all love better if we used it as a verb. I spent years searching for a meaningful definition of the word “love,” and was deeply relieved when I found one in psychiatrist M. Scott Peck’s classic self-help book The Road Less Traveled, first published in 1978. Echoing the work of Erich Fromm, he defines love as “the will to extend one’s self for the purpose of nurturing one’s own or another’s spiritual growth.” Explaining further, he continues: “Love is as love does. Love is an act of will—namely, both an intention and an action. Will also implies choice. We do not have to love. We choose to love.” Since the choice must be made to nurture growth, this definition counters the more widely accepted assumption that we love instinctually.”
― All About Love: New Visions
― All About Love: New Visions
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