mike, i'd like to drip one more word into this well stated proclaimation. respect. maybe it could sit next to integrity... thus integrity and respect are called for! would that work for you?
www.ashleycoop.blogspot.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Copeland To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Sent: 4/14/2004 4:06:49 PM Subject: Responsibilty, boundaries and tall poppies I was walking my dog this morning around the wild forested inlet across from where I live and this thought struck me: "I respect that I have boundaries and I respect the boundaries of others." These are words I often repeat to myself in life; especially when I come across people who guard their boundaries with an iron fortress but totally disregard those of others. This is a situation I find rampant in individuals and organisational culture as a way of being. The issue of boundaries is a biggy for me as I'm the sort of person who enjoys taking responsibility for things I want to do. Yet I have battled/suffered with folks who like to throw stones from the sidelines. You know the types, the "tall poppy" hunters who spend their lives cutting off the head of anyone who sticks out beyond the norm. Where Open Space is gelling for me at present, and I'm talking in daily life not just facilitating an event, is it incorporates this beautiful idea of boundaries. Those with passion and responsibility become champions. They move ideas forward by putting up their hands to do the necessary work. Everyone has the chance to be involved but involvement by definition presupposes passion and responsibility: here is your chance to put up or shut up, walk your talk, put your money where your mouth is and thus integrity is called for! A boundary is drawn between those with the courage to move ahead and those not interested. Ultimately, for me, this is about allowing the little clod of earth that I am to manifest and accepting that of my fellow being as well. Open Space calls my being forth and I am truly living. Mike Copeland Attention: This e-mail (and attachments) is confidential and may be legally privileged. * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
