Querido Juan Luis (and other friends) I was hearing you at WOSonOS saying something like this: "If I am here in Berlin, after so many difficulties, an even received Brian's award, then everything is possible, even taking the next WOSonOS to Chile, and organize there a great event, and I have the passion to do it" (my words). Sometime before, I have reminded you of the need to have a strong community of practice and a good organizing team, and when I heard you, my first thought was "passion is good, but is not enough". But then I reminded - and later I forgot to mention this to you - of the last book I red before going to Berlin, and that I recommend to you (best, send me, by a private email, your postal address and I will offer it to you and have it sent to your home..). The book is "Synchronicity - the Inner Path of Leadership", by Joseph Jaworski (a former senior partner of Otto Scharmer - the author of "Presencing" and "Theory U"). Jaworski takes the definition of "Synchronicity" from Jung as "a meaningful coincidence of two or more events, where something other than the probability of chance is involved" and gives, in the book, a lot of examples of meaningful "coincidences". So I think that, yes, you are probably right - if a lot of things that seemed impossible just 6 months ago have happened to you, and if you feel the passion and the responsibility, maybe you are in a "Synchronicity mode" and a lot of good things will happen in the near future. One already did - the next WOSonOS will be in Chile, because everyone was touched by your passion. And others will happen soon, I believe. And you can count on the help you may need from everyone of us. Viva Chile! Un gran abrazo Artur PS: And, applying the same to myself, and even if in October I normally have 12 class hours per week (with much less in the second semester, in May...), and if I don't figure out now I will be able to do that, I am convinced that myself and VĂ©ro we will be there too ;-)
----------------- From: JL Walker <jlwal...@terra.cl> To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Sent: Mon, May 17, 2010 4:00:40 PM Subject: [OSLIST] All roads take us to Santiago de Chile Dear Friends, Holding firmly with my left hand (that of the heart) one of our most treasured symbols (the talking stick), wanted to announce now, full of gratitude, that the next 19th WOSonOS will be held in the city of Santiago de Chile (or somewhere near), during the month of October 2011. It will be all our passion, creativity and responsibility, the ones that it will make of this event a milestone of warmth, hospitality and affection which belongs to the people of this long narrow strip of land in the Southern Hemisphere. In a few hours more I will leave Berlin and return to my home full of energy and enthusiasm to begin working hard for the success of this great task. For now just wanted to express all my joy and commitment, singing our cry again, that so often I did in Berlin with my dear friends from all over the world (http://vimeo.com/11757978 ): Ceachei i, Chi! Ele e, Le! Chi, Chi, Chi! Le, Le, Le! Viva Chile! A big hug to each and every one of you, and just be prepared to be surprised! Juan Luis Walker B. Phone: 56-2-2691033 Mobile: 56-9-92220127 Skype: jlwalker54 http://www.espacioabierto.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