SV: holding space

[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 society without any
protection/safetyguards. That they should be able to live just like any
other Swede. As most of you know, 17 years ago Olof Palme was assasinated.
That mystery is still unresolved and now many of us are afraid that this
will again be a trauma never to get an explanation.

At the same time this is a reminder that every day is so very precious.
Warmest regards to all of you around the globe
Thomas Herrmann    Phone +46 (0)709-98 97 81
Open Space Consulting Fax +46 (0)300-713 89
Pensévägen 4
434 46 Kungsbacka, Sweden
Email: thomas at openspaceconsulting.com
www.openspaceconsulting.com
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  Från: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]För Gabriela Ender
  Skickat: den 12 september 2003 07:19
  Till: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
  Ämne: Re: holding space


  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
    To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
    Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 4:38 PM
    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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