Poem creators, Thank you.
Delicious. I will use it in future meetings. I forgot who it was that shared the great OS slide show - I imagine showing the slides and reading this poem thank you for the gifts that keep coming. Scott On 7/6/06, Chris Weaver <ch...@springbranch.us> wrote:
oh so resonant and sweet! thank you lisa. chris -----Original Message----- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu]On Behalf Of Lisa Heft Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2006 11:58 PM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Found Poem -- May 26-31, 2006 -- Holding / My Truest Self / Space Hello, dear colleagues – (You can tell I am having a little 'spurt' of energy here. I had wondered where this poem went to – I thought I had sent it to OSLIST at the end of June but I had made an error and gee, I sent it to myself! Here you go… I guess whenever it's sent/received is the right time…;o) ) As the current Poet Laureate for the OSLIST, I have been enjoying gathering your words from conversations we have on the list and creating 'found poems' to share back with you. If you look in the OSLIST archives you can see the other poems I've 'found', under the titles of "The Mystery of Open Space" and "Touch the Now". You may remember some of the words shared below from a conversation thread we had in May entitled "Authenticity and Self-Discovery in Open Space". Enjoy, Lisa ____________________________________________ Holding / My Truest Self / Space "Found" Poem, May 26-31, 2006 Breathing in – the energy of what is about to happen Who am I and what difference does that make? I am me, complicated by the fact that "me" changes over time. The only "thing" I will ever bring to the party is me, Nothing more, nothing less, just me. And the only thing that seems to matter much is that the "me" that shows up is really me. Not some abstract me. Not some new and improved me. Not somebody else's version of me. Just me. Just the way I am. Breathing out – releasing self, being in the moment. I have found the experience in Open Space to be an incredible dialogue between the me that showed up authentically and the emergent self that greeted me at the end of the day. What I have learned is that presence is no mere accident. It is the result of years and years of practice To continue growing more and more open and even in doing so, Find my core more and more reinforced. Breathing in – form and essence. OST has both form Chairs and windows and markers and paper Words and silence and walking and eye contact and essence. Invitation and authenticity Authenticity opens to essence, pours into essence. Breathing out – inviting co-creation. My heart connects with the music and my hands connect with the instrument. Breathing in – trusting the people, trusting the process. What is most important is bringing my true self to the circle, to be willing to 'be' and knowing how to invite and holds space for others, in a gentle, loving way that invites them to be as authentic as I strive to be. Breathing out… And then comes the pulsating blissful moment of stepping out of the way… -- by Lenore Mewton, Chris Weaver, Zelle Nelson, Chris Corrigan, Harrison Owen and Lisa Heft June 23, 2006 ___________________________ L i s a H e f t Consultant, Facilitator, Educator O p e n i n g S p a c e lisah...@openingspace.net www.openingspace.net * * ========================================================== 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
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