The_Art_Of_Gathering.pdf

Most purposes for gatherings feel worthy and respectable but are also basic and bland: “We’re hosting a welcome dinner so that our new colleague feels comfortable in our tight-knit group,” or “I’m throwing a birthday party to look back on the year.” These are purposes, but they fail at the test for a meaningful reason for coming together: Does it s

You will have begun to gather with purpose when you learn to exclude with purpose. When you learn to close doors.

Gathering—the conscious bringing together of people for a reason—shapes the way we think, feel, and make sense of our world.