Keep going, Lisa, Best wishes and good luck
lena ----- Original Message ----- From: Lisa Heft <lisah...@pacbell.net> To: <osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 7:17 AM Subject: Re: Reflections on a challenging OST event > Thank you so much to Ralph, Brian, Chris C, Elena, Joelle, Elwin, > Harrison, Glory, Florian and Artur -- > > Amazing, as always. > > I put the word out and you give back not only your thoughts but also > some of my own thoughts, as well. > > Somebody tell me why we have periodic amnesia about letting go? About > not messing up with the process? > > Somehow I thought that these people needed to be replenished and > reinspired by telling the stories of their successes. What -- because I > didn't believe that the Open Space would give them all the inspiration > and replenishment in the world? > > Well, I totally believe it, so I must have taken leave of my senses (or > let that old nasty 'logic' get in the way of that brilliant 'intuition', > eh?) > > As we all know, the process is very forgiving. So the process forgave > even my meddling. > > And you also remind me that the room rarely squishes 'the space' once > it's opened. The people just press it outwards to their own comfort, as > your account of the school children, Michael, reminds me. > > Once again, I delight in receiving feedback, analysis, support, wisdom, > stories and nourishment from you, my Open Space world community. > > Once again, I delight in relearning (for my life practice and for my > professional practice) about letting go's, about holding space and faith > and spirit and belief. > > > > From all outward appearances I work mostly alone -- but in Open Space I > am never alone -- always among those I hold space with and all of you > wonderful beings. I am so very lucky. > > Lisa > > - - - > > > L i s a H e f t > Consultant, facilitator, educator > Experiential learning and Open Space Technology > > 2325 Oregon > Berkeley, California > 94705-1106 USA > (+01) 510 548-8449 > www.openspaceworld.com > > * > * > ========================================================== > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > ------------------------------ > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu, > Visit: > > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu, Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
