Some of you may have read my earlier emails about the Chicago Social Forum
process. I facilatated a 4-person OST event for the Aug planning meeting
where it was decided to do it again for the Sept meeting, where the first
part would be a suggestion for conversations on the theme Local/Global and
t
At 08:47 PM 9/10/2003 -0500, Ted wrote:
Anyway, last night was that Sept meeting and while the process worked
perfectly as always, and what happened was the only thing that could have, I
was left thinking "these people just aren't ready for this type of
self-responsibility." Harrison pointed ou
Hi
Thanks for this story - I found it very interesting. It made me think of
a dilemma that I'm currently working on, namely how to relate acceptance
of what happens to learning from what happened.
On the one hand we need to accept (or indeed to go one step further and
appreciate) whatever happen
Dear Alexander --
You wrote:
So my question to you is: How do you reconcile an acceptance (or
appreciation) of what happened with an awareness of even better
potential outcomes, in order to learn?
My answer: you b-r-e-a-t-h-e.
Anyway, that's what works for me. If I am really struggling, a walk
mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Lisa
> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 8:17 AM
> To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu
> Subject: Re: Chicago Social Forum (again) AND Conversing about..."the
> right conditions"
>
> Dear Alexander --
>
> You wrote:
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
