holding space

[Averbuch]

Eva, Agnate S, Agnate F, Thomas, Eiwor - and all my/our dearest friends in
Sweden,
I want to stand there by you (even though somewhat late due to computers
shifts). Hold warmth and love at your service in your grief.
As a way of bringing my thoughts to you, the day of prime minister's Rabin
assassination came to mind.It was too hurtful to believe too shocking to
absorb. too soon, the wrong target. I believe this is also some of what we
all feel when the good is so threatened, killed, defited.
What is our way of protecting the good? I wander sometimes hopeful sometimes
doubtful.
again and again
my love to you all
Tova Averbuch
Israel

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From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]On Behalf Of Eva P
Svensson
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 4:39 PM
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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