holding space

[Birgitt Williams]

Dear Eva,
We have a wonderful connection of assisting each other with support. We are
all interconnected and so the tragedy is not for Sweden only but for us all.
Likewise, the need to hold space for love and with love, even in the most
challenging circumstances is a great gift we have to give to each other on
this earth. I remember having the same feelings on Sept 11 of 2001 when I
was facilitating a group in England, with news of the terror in the USA and
some of my attention focused on it, on the safety of my family, and all the
while knowing I needed to find the strength to hold the space for the group
I was with to do what they needed to do. And my prayers were also answered.

I acknowledge you for being and for being able to do this holding of space
as a great gift to those you were with.


Blessings to you and to all with whom you make Genuine Contact,
Birgitt
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-----Original Message-----
From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]On Behalf Of Eva P
Svensson
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 10:39 AM
To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Subject: holding space


Hello,
Today is a sad day here in Sweden - our foreign affairs minister Anna
Lind has been murdered. The news breaked out while I'm in a place
where I have been facilitating/training a group of people in
leadership. Anna Lind was stabbed with a knife yesterday afternoon
right here in Stockholm and the news said that she was badly injured
but no one spoked about the risk that she could die.
This morning just a second before I got the news, a thougth flew
through my head - what if.., what will I as a facilitator do with my
group, then the thought flew away again. And then I knew - that the
worst thing had happen. I prayed for help and I got it - I felt that
I was helped to do the best I could do to navigate the group and
myself through the day, and holding space for us all. And I was on my
way to send a mail to ask for
help from you all out there, but I just couldn't do it (actually I
did not dare). But you all helped me anyhow just that I knew that you
where all out there and "only" by thinking about that gave me
strength and power. "Let your soul be your pilot, let your soul guide
you" as Sting puts it -
Thank you for letting me be a part of this community.
Eva

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