In both North and South hemispheres the world is transforming into green one from the dark of winter the other the parched glare of summer. It is at this time the sap flows in all parts of nature. We become very busy. At this time the quite confidence that the list exists, that the spirit from Marysville is present in my life and that there will be time to share is all part of this SILENCE.
Out in the world there is a noise that cannot be changed by more noise. In my childhood the phrase "silence is golden" was used many times, in fact too often for a child who just wanted to know. Perhaps the people in my childhood should have added take the time to "listen and learn". Currently I have been using Open Space as the base process to "debrief" those who involved in the leadership and management of the fire response last southern summer. The quote of the sessions so far is "You know I don't go for this touchy feelly stuff but today has been great". The fire season will not end in our area until May 1. Silence - this was the thing that we noticed most as we walked through the Australian bush on the Monday night of our Marysville gathering. This was the time to listen and learn for it foretold of the first Total Fire Ban day next day and a summer of fires we could not have even began to imagine in November. The hushed conversations of our group as we returned to our conference on that night showed that we had been touched by the silence. May those who persist in making noise stop! So the we can listen and when we speak we can be heard. Silence is golden. So too is the quite voice that speaks to question, share and encourage. regards Rob * * ========================================================== 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