Re: holding space

2003-09-12 Thread Gabriela Ender
Dear Eva, in my thoughts I am with you, dear colleague and with all swedish people! I am so, so sad, that the world lost such a wonderful, brave and great european women! Thank you so very much for sharing your story! Gabriela from Berlin - Original Message - From: Eva P Svensson

SV: holding space

2003-09-12 Thread Thomas Herrmann
Dear friends in Open Space Thank you all for sharing and supporting us at this moment (and always). The whole county is in a state of chock. These things are not supposed to happen here, we think. We have been living in an illusion (?) that also top politicians should be able to move around in soci

Tragedy in Sweden

2003-09-12 Thread Eddie Palmer
Dear all My thoughts go out to all of you in Scandinavia, especially everybody I met from Sweden, Eva, Agnete, Jessica, Ilse, and everybody else. I was horrified when I heard the news, and knew what the effect would be in the country, All my thoughts and love Eddie Palmer * * =

Re: holding space

2003-09-12 Thread Agneta Setterwall
Dear people of the list, Yesterday morning I put on my radio in exactly the moment when our primeminister told all Sweden that Anna Lind was dead. Until that moment the opinion was that she was badly injured, but that there was big hope she would survive. I spend all day listening to the radio,

SV: holding space

2003-09-12 Thread Eva P Svensson
First of all - thank you all for your support and comfort. It does really help and strengthen. What we did - it wasn't so much more then when I got back to the cottage where the group was, I used my bells in that soft way that only these bells can sound. And the participants all came back to the c

Re: Tragedy in Sweden

2003-09-12 Thread Skaparlust
Thank you Eddie and all of you that help us through this awful time. The day before this happened, I decided to join the Swedish Ecumenical Womens Committe for Peace and Violence, to offer my experiences in dialogue and democratic meeting procedures. Tomorrow is the first Idea-meeting, which no do

Re: Grief and Loss

2003-09-12 Thread florian fischer
Am 12.09.2003 6:08 Uhr schrieb "Chris Corrigan" unter : > Chile, New York, StockholmŠ.. > > Maybe we should just go from September 10 right to September 12 from now on > and skip 9/11 altogether. > > Peace > > > but we need the experience and we need the grief because, painful to say, thes

Re: holding space

2003-09-12 Thread Jan Hein Nielsen - Uphill
Dear Eva Thank you for sharing your feelings and thoughts with us. Yesterday when we got the news of Anna Lind being murdered, we were in the begining of an two-day Open Space on the theme "Authentic Leadership" for a group of danish leaders. Suddenly real life knocked on our door, and in the ev

Re: Grief and Loss

2003-09-12 Thread Julie Denny
In a message dated 9/12/2003 12:11:54 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ch...@chriscorrigan.com writes: > > Chile, New York, Stockholm….. > > > > Maybe we should just go from September 10 right to September 12 from now on > and skip 9/11 altogether. > > Why not? They skip the 13th floor in b

AW: Grief and Loss

2003-09-12 Thread Change Management Toolbook
Dear friends from Sweden, I would like to share a few thoughts of Stephen Gilligan on his “3rd premise”: Life is great, but sometimes it hurts like hell In his book “The Courage to Love”, he writes: “The river of life brings both suffering and joy. Both are crucial to sense and be with…When we ar

Re: Chicago Social Forum (again) AND Conversing about..."the right conditions"

2003-09-12 Thread Seamus McInerney
Hi, It seems to me that we have to be a little careful in our acceptance of what happened being the only thing that could have happened. It is true and extremely useful in enabling us to let go of control once we are in the thick of things. On the other hand it should never prevent us from wonderi

Re: Tragedy in Sweden

2003-09-12 Thread Esther .
Agneta: I was so sorry to hear about Anna Lindh. I was travelling and am only now catching up with this news. Blessings to you Esther Esther Ewing The Change Alliance - Assisting Individuals and Organizations to Build Capability www.ChangeAlliance.com 330 East 38th St, Suite 53K New York, NY 10

OST and UK health work

2003-09-12 Thread glory ressler
Hi all! Below you will find a training notice from Roma Iskander that might be of special interest to UK/European practitioners - particularly in the areas of health and public participation / community involvement. Roma is a great chum - very professional and accomplished and with a generous, op

Re: SV: holding space

2003-09-12 Thread Joelle Lyons Everett
Eva, and all of you-- Our time in Scandinavia was so light-filled that it was even more of a shock to hear of the stabbing and death of Anna Lindh. I'm grieving the loss of a great leader, and the violence that makes everyone feel a bit less safe in the world. We are holding you in our hearts, a

Re: Grief and Loss

2003-09-12 Thread BJ Peters
Or perhaps we might spend 9/11 (and 9/10 and 9/12) breathing in the NOW. Be Peace --BJ Chris Corrigan wrote: Chile, New York, Stockholm…..   Maybe we should just go from September 10 right to September 12 from now on and skip 9/11 altogether. 

Re: Grief and Loss

2003-09-12 Thread BJ Peters
Or perhaps we might spend 9/11 (and 9/10 and 9/12) breathing in the NOW. Be Peace --BJ Peters Chris Corrigan wrote: Chile, New York, Stockholm…..   Maybe we should just go from September 10 right to September 12 from now on and skip 9/11 altoget

Re: holding space

2003-09-12 Thread BJ Peters
Please know that there is so much compassionate energy flowing through to our listserv friends in Sweden. It is there for the breathing. Be Peace --BJ Peters Agneta Setterwall wrote: Dear people of the list, Yesterday morning I put on my radio in exactly the moment when our p

Re: Conversing about..."the right conditions" (fwd)

2003-09-12 Thread Marei Kiele
About letting go and getting things done, about accepting and learning and about past, future and Now - I've been thinking a lot these last two days. And Chris, Ted, Alexander, Lisa, Shay and Harrison - thank you so much for sharing, your thoughts have been extremely helpful to me. With accept