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Occasionally we will be overwhelmed, but mostly we will be enchanted.
Jean Houston
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Jean Houston
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: May 10
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Pathos activates the eyes and ears to see and hear. At times of pathos, illness opens doors to a reality which is closed to a healthy point of view.
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The ecological crisis is doing what no other crisis in history has ever done - challenging us to a realization of a new humanity.
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