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At 02:33 PM 1/4/2002 -0900, Julie wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite><font face="arial" size=2 color="#333399">Just
one last thing as we re walking to the dining room.... Maybe
mediation isn t quite so much like surgery after all. After all,
mediators don t fix things. We don t view ourselves as Experts with
Answers. We don t give advice.</font></blockquote><br>
Total Agreement -- quoth me -- "But the Mediators I know, and I know
(and deeply respect) more than a few, know all about space, creating
space, holding the moment, minimalist to an extreme. Truthfully, at a
deep level, I have a very hard job distinguishing what they do from what
I (wearing my OST hat) do -- except that I seem to work with more people
at one time."<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite><font face="arial" size=2 color="#333399"> Being
a mediator might be more like being a friend. A friend who can
tolerate the tension and ambiguity of being friend to you AND other, even
when you and other are in conflict. A friend who believes in the
possibility of unity in spite of the separation manifested in the
conflict. A friend who holds safe and open space. A friend
who listens. A friend who speaks.
:)</font></blockquote><br>
<font color="#FF0000">YES!!!!<br><br>
</font><blockquote type=cite class=cite cite><font face="arial" size=2 color="#333399">&..Okay,
I m ready for that glass of wine now. </font></blockquote><br>
Myself. And May I pour? And How about a cigar????<br><br>
Harrison<br><br>
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