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A place for everything…

So the kitchen has been installed in Cooke Towers and we are trying to convert the chaos that the process left into its wake into a working kitchen.  When all you have is empty drawers they are just potential waiting to be filled, however at this stage there is no right way to do so.  In a working kitchen, or office, you can just reach out and lay your hands on the tools you need.  

People can be like this, raw potential, until you have labelled them and, perhaps, restricted them.  Labels are useful, they help us navigate our world, but when it comes to people, and even experiences, they have a price.

We find labels we give ‘useful’ but most of us resent it when we are labelled, so use them judiciously…

“Labels are for cans, not people.”  Anthony Rapp

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2 Responses to “A place for everything…”

  1. Paul Hayward says:
    15 June , 2008 at 13:41

    You are right, of course. We do label people because that is a useful mental filter for us. We have a place and a role for the individual concerned.

    The ‘price’ to which you refer, would seem to be that we then miss that person’s potential for other, different attainments. It can even cut off their ability to change and grow in our eyes.

    I love the quotation. If we follow that advice we multiply our options and allow others to display the full sunlight of their capabilities and potential.

  2. richardderwentcooke says:
    15 June , 2008 at 13:45

    Thanks Paul, you have hit the nail squarely on the head!

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