[OSList] Gratitude Galore

[Michael Herman via OSList]

just minutes after you left, suzanne, christine koehler joined from france
and we had another round of fun.  then karolina dropped off and christine
and i went in some other directions.  that was fun because she and i have
never met or seen each other or spoken, but have traded emails about
things, posting on openspaceworld.org and such, for i'm thinking more than
ten years now.

this is the fun and value of qiqochat, being able to have the equivalent of
rich butterfly conversations with this live video meeting space.  looking
forward to finding more ways to say hello and learn with others around the
world.  it's like there is all the work we're doing as busy bees in the
world and everything that happens in qiqo is like the butterfly space
that's always surprising and delicious.  i hope we'll keep finding reasons
to drift together there.

the interesting thing about having these conversations on qiqo, wedged into
the rest of a local day, is that we talked about issues that feel so
important, but got into them and now out so quickly.  this creates a sense
that i have learned some important things that i can't explain, even to
myself.  i don't think i can take a long enough walk right now to organize
it all, so i just have to trust the the learning is there and the shapes
and words will appear whenever they might be needed.

thanks to all,

m




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Michael Herman
Michael Herman Associates
http://MichaelHerman.com
http://OpenSpaceWorld.org


On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 4:03 PM, Suzanne Daigle via OSList <
oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> Dear Friends,
>
> "Whoever comes are the right people" and indeed albeit just a short
> interlude together it was so wonderful being on QiQochat for a post WOSonOS
> Krakow conversation with Karolina Iwa and Michael Herman (with Lucas Cioffi
> listening in).  Each of us has hosted and facilitated a WOSonOS though
> Michael would say back in his day, it wasn't called a WOSonOS. Each
> gathering has been different and each has been a labor of love. While we
> all wish it to be less is more, making it easy and welcoming for everyone,
> wishing it to go smoothly while knowing that any conflict that pops up will
> take our learning and connections deeper, "whatever happens happens".
>
> We talked about how the world has changed since those early gatherings
> when it was essential for people doing this work to meet to support each
> other and to remind ourselves that we weren't crazy as Michael says. In
> those days, Open Space was not as well known as today.  At this time, we
> described feeling the urgent need for all that Open Space has to offer
> wrestling inside ourselves to let nature take its course and letting go. I
> would have so wished to be in Krakow. I got a feeling of those intense,
> important and intimate conversations that I could not really get from a
> briefing book. Also got a glimpse of the planning work which was so similar
> to what we lived in Florida. We are indeed fortunate to be able to
> communicate in all kinds of ways and to feel the spirit of gatherings that
> have come and gone. Love the stories and most especially the opportunity to
> hear each others' voices. Thank you Lucas, Michael and Karolina!
>
> Open Space everywhere and anywhere! How lucky to have the shared awareness
> of what this means and the connections that go with it.
>
>
> suzanne
>
>
>
> Suzanne Daigle
> Open Space Facilitator
> NuFocus Strategic Group
>
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>
>
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