And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time."
T.S. Eliot - 'Little Gidding' (1942)
I'm reading Stephen Green's book, Good Value at the moment and this quote from T.S. Eliot resonated. Whilst I have only read the first two chapters of the book so far, I feel there are a couple of quotes sharing...
"To lead a complete human life we must in another sense too accept that our end is on our beginning, tat we will find our purpose in our roots, and that our beginning is in our end, that we will find our roots in our purpose. A large part of our quest as humans is to explore what we can come to accept as our 'home' in the profoundest sense, for that is where we will discover our true spiritual purpose."
Green (2009, p.18)
Green also refers to Teilhard de Chardin and says "Connectedness and individualism...are increasing everywhere. This is not just a phenomenon of commerce and economics: it is something far more profound, which reaches deep into the roots of human self-definition."
Green (2009, p.44)
I was reminded of Ubuntu... and Desmond Tutu's quotation "...my humanity is caught up and inextricably bound in yours..."
We are individuals, yet we are connected and part of a greater whole...
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