Cooperation isn't the absence of conflict but a means of managing conflict.
Interpretation
Cooperation involves handling conflicts rather than avoiding them.
This quote emphasizes that cooperation does not mean the elimination of conflict; rather, it is about how we manage and navigate disagreements. Effective cooperation acknowledges the existence of conflict and uses it as a pathway to reach understanding and resolution, leading to more productive outcomes in relationships and teamwork.
In practice
This quote can be used in a team meeting to underline the importance of addressing conflicts for better collaboration.
Women as mothers grapple with corresponding contradictions. The adoration they feel for their grown daughters, mixed with the sense of responsibility for their well-being, can be overwhelming, matched only by the hurt they feel when their attempts to help or just stay connected are rebuffed or even excoriated as criticism or devilish interference.
Sister relationships span a huge range, from best friends to worst enemies. From 'I adore her; I talk to her five times a day' to 'I decided to cut her out of my life.' For most women, it's in between.
The trickiest thing about the double bind is that it operates imperceptibly, like shots from a gun with a silencer.
For most women, the language of conversation is primarily a language of rapport: a way of establishing connections and negotiating relationships.
Mothers and daughters find in each other the source of great comfort but also of great pain. We talk to each other in better and worse ways than we talk to anyone else.
Our spirits are corroded by living in an atmosphere of unrelenting contention - an argument culture.
We looked at each other for the last time; nothing is as eloquent as nothing.
I want to touch you in real time not find you on YouTube, I want to walk next to you in the mountains not friend you on Facebook.
If your mother did not know how to love herself, or your father did not know how to love himself, then it would be impossible for them to teach you to love yourself. They were doing the best they could with what they had been taught as children.
β¦on some occasions, women, like dreams, go by contraries.
I know that everyone who listens to radio creates you in a visual image that they need you to have. Whatever that is, I thought, let them have it. Let me be who the listener needs me to be and let me not contradict that with the reality of my photograph and risk disappointing them.
The solitude and peace of mind are serving me quite well, not the least of which is due to the excellent and truly enjoyable relationship with my cousin; its stability will be guaranteed by the avoidance of marriage.
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