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Lasting change

“Despite the urgency, lasting change takes much longer than we appreciate. Darn. One way to counteract our impatience is to shift from ‘Chronos’ to ‘Kairos’ time. Chronos time is sequential time, measured by the clock and which seems to be speeding up. Kairos time bends and stretches, sometimes it even seems to stand still. Chronos … Continue reading Lasting change →

Bryony Shannon Social care 2 Comments 22nd October 2022

Kairos time

“Care is not an activity that can happen by the clock… Care belongs in the world of Kairos time (measured by flow and connection) as opposed to Chronos time (the industrial time measured by minutes and deadlines). Care is not the same as cure – yet it so often seems we have confused these categories. … Continue reading Kairos time →

Bryony Shannon Social care 1 Comment 27th August 202227th August 2022

Chronos time

“Care is not an activity that can happen by the clock… Care belongs in the world of Kairos time (measured by flow and connection) as opposed to Chronos time (the industrial time measured by minutes and deadlines). Care is not the same as cure – yet it so often seems we have confused these categories. … Continue reading Chronos time →

Bryony Shannon Social care 2 Comments 20th August 202220th August 2022

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