Nice to meet you as well! I've subscribed to your Substack and look forward to reading your work. And you, my new friend, helped me hit 300 subscribers, so thank you for that!!! 🧡🧡🧡
I didn't know I needed names for the stories we live in. It's so helpful to frame the different aspects of life we're living in this way. Thanks for the reminder that we can choose a different story if we're spending way too much time in one that feels overwhelming. Great post, thank you Susan for introducing me to Gillian & Li'l Bean.
This reminds me of a life-changing essay I read called, The New Story, by Thomas Berry in a collection called The Riverdale Papers. From memory it began, <It’s all a question of story. We’re in trouble right now because we do not have a good story.>. This was more than 40 years ago. Berry’s test for a best story was a functional test: how does the story allow civilization function to serve all beings in a wholistic manner. He called it a functional cosmology.
Lovely to meet you all over here with Susan @ Courageous Conversations!
Thank you for sharing this!!!!
Glad you liked it Sue & thanks for letting us know. One on my favourite people on Substack is @Gillian & Lil Bean
Thank you for that lovely complement Susan!
Glad you enjoyed it Sue! Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you as well! I've subscribed to your Substack and look forward to reading your work. And you, my new friend, helped me hit 300 subscribers, so thank you for that!!! 🧡🧡🧡
How fun Sue! Delighted to be your number 300!
I didn't know I needed names for the stories we live in. It's so helpful to frame the different aspects of life we're living in this way. Thanks for the reminder that we can choose a different story if we're spending way too much time in one that feels overwhelming. Great post, thank you Susan for introducing me to Gillian & Li'l Bean.
My pleasure it’s such a delight to be able to make these wonderful connections . We can support each other in so many ways 💓
Lovely to meet you too Paulette, I look forward to sharing this journey with you - I enjoy your Substack too!
This reminds me of a life-changing essay I read called, The New Story, by Thomas Berry in a collection called The Riverdale Papers. From memory it began, <It’s all a question of story. We’re in trouble right now because we do not have a good story.>. This was more than 40 years ago. Berry’s test for a best story was a functional test: how does the story allow civilization function to serve all beings in a wholistic manner. He called it a functional cosmology.
Thanks Laurent, I appreciate you introducing me to the Thomas Berry essay. He was right 40 years ago and we still don’t have a good shared story.
Functional cosmology , I like that as I have been looking at world events more from a cosmic view, as a way of coping and making sense.