–excerpt from Care of the Soul, by Thomas Moore

 

“A major difference between care and cure is that cure implies the end of trouble. If you are cured, you don’t have to worry about whatever was bothering you any longer.

But care has a sense of ongoing attention. There is no end. Conflicts may never be fully resolved. Your character will never change radically, although it may go through some interesting transformations. Awareness can change, of course, but problems may persist and never go away.

Our work in psychology would change remarkably if we thought about it as ongoing care rather than the quest for a cure. ”

 

—Care of the Soul, Thomas Moore, HarperPerennial, pgs 18-19.