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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Harrison</span></font></st1:place><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> wrote<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>“What we
have been freely given must be freely shared. Of course, that raises the
interesting question -- do we do everything for free? Of course the answer is,
No. At least I think the answer is, No.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I think that’s a great question, only I would answer:
Of course the answer is, <span class=GramE>Yes</span>.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>At least I think the answer is, <span
class=GramE>Yes</span>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>:)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Better, I think, would be to rephrase the question to: “Do
we do everything that calls to us unconditionally and without regard to
payment?”<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>During that part of my life when I felt called to mediate, I
eventually gave up the practice of requesting money in exchange for my
time.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>What was important to me then was
to help people who were suffering through the end stages of their marriages and
who were grappling with how to reconstruct a new life for themselves and their
children.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I didn’t think of myself
as offering myself for free, but simply that I was offering myself. <span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I
freely offered my humanity, which had been freely given to me.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I also freely accepted whatever they offered
in return. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>It was a giving and receiving
for all of us.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>We each freely chose what
we would give, and we each freely accepted what was given.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I felt very comfortable and easy with this
arrangement.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>And I think the quality of the
time I spent with people improved dramatically. <span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>For me, the exchange of money as a condition for
relationship interferes with authentic relationship.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>An unexpected learning came when I no longer felt called to
mediate.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Not having those financial ties
to the work made it easy to shift into the new opportunities that opened up to
me.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I became more flexible and fluid in
my choices because I was listening to my inner yearnings instead of my inner
fears.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Saying yes to those new opportunities
was also without condition.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Sometimes I
received money and sometimes I didn’t. <span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Money wasn’t a <span class=GramE>criteria</span>
for whether I said yes to any request. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I
never raised the issue of money, and would respond honestly and openly if
someone else raised it. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>My own inner
sense of wanting to do the work was my only criteria for deciding whether to do
anything.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>My motto became Just Say Yes. <span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Eventually all those yeses turned into a job that
is fun, creative and fulfilling.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I
suppose I’ll stay until it isn’t.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>So far, so good.</span></font></span><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Still have a roof over my head, clothes to
wear, food to eat.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>And life has a certain
sparkle and shine that was missing <span class=GramE>before<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>~</span>~~<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Julie<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#333399" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333399'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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