Peaceful themes....

[Jeff Aitken]

Julie wrote: The piece I haven  t heard you or others talk about is that
sense of release.  Does OS have moments like that?  If so, is it after that
sense of release that you find yourself shifting to other needs and
concerns?

Julie, yes! It's a profound release when the first person accepts the
invitation to walk into the center and write their topic on a sheet of
paper. And later when the marketplace is in full flower and I say to myself
internally, "they are on their way - let me go pick up some empty coffee
cups and tidy up a bit."

My image is, kind of, that I've been carrying them on my shoulders from the
moment I accept the contract until these moments -- in that they have put
trust in me that I will deliver them this strange thing called open space.
(I'd love a less tiring image if anyone has one - but I do feel the weight
of their trust.)

Now I am letting them go, and they are on their own, until I start to think
about the closing circle and convergence, which are my invitation regarding
how they focus their attention into the aftermath of the meeting.

Jeff

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Jeff Aitken
Collaboration Consultant: Specialist in Open Space Process
1281 Burnside Road, Sebastopol CA 95472 USA
(+01) 707-829-8256

There is time only to work slowly.
There is no time not to love.
--  Deena Metzger

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