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<DIV><SPAN class=579424802-27122002><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy"><o:p>wendy & fredr'c
</o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=579424802-27122002><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=579424802-27122002><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy"><o:p>Your 3 P's remind me of something an
Episcopalian priest once told me about community work. I never forgot it and
have seen in repeatedly many times. He says they can rarely be taken out of
order and still work. </o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=579424802-27122002><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=579424802-27122002><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy"><o:p>First your Presence is most important,
</o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=579424802-27122002><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy"><o:p>then your Proclaimation (in this case
the truth of the gospel) </o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=579424802-27122002><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy"><o:p>then your Persuation (in this
case, to consider Christ as the Son of God!) </o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=579424802-27122002><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Trebuchet MS"></FONT> </DIV>
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Bilnoski<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></B></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: teal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-no-proof: yes">Concinnity
Network<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<DIV></DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Elena A.
Marchuk<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, December 26, 2002 8:08 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: For those, who can afford
themselves to think on Christmass<BR><BR></FONT></P>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=#000000><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy"><o:p>wendy & fredr'c
(?)</o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=#000000><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=#000000><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy"><o:p>thank you for your
"powers"</o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=#000000><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy"><o:p>it is really true, we can use all of
them</o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=#000000><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=#000000><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy"><o:p>Merry
Christmass</o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=#000000><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=#000000><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy"><o:p>best wishes</o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=#000000><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=#000000><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy"><o:p>elena</o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=#000000><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT> </P></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=wendyj@supercity.ns.ca
href="mailto:wendyj@supercity.ns.ca">Homegrown Wisdom</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, December 27, 2002 12:57
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: For those, who can afford
themselves to think on Christmass</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Dear Julie, and all,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><EM>"It is a speaking wisdom
rather than a silent wisdom."</EM><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=#000000><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy"><o:p>You have such a way with words,
Julie! I recently saw another phrase (somewhere on the Internet) that talked
about three different kinds of power:</o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<UL>
<LI>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=#000000><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy"><o:p> The Power of
Communication</o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<LI>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=#000000><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy"><o:p> The Power of
Position</o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<LI>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=#000000><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy"><o:p> The Power of
Presence.</o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV></LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=#000000><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy"><o:p>They (sort of) correspond to what
you were saying, with the Power of Presence being silent
wisdom.</o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=#000000><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy"><o:p>Best wishes for the New
Year!</o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=#000000><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy"><o:p>wendy &
fredr'c</o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=#000000><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy"><o:p>homegrown
wisdom</o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=#000000><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy"><o:p>nova scotia,
canada</o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT size=3>----- Original Message -----
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=jsmith@mosquitonet.com href="mailto:jsmith@mosquitonet.com">Julie
Smith</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, December 26, 2002
1:20 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: For those, who can
afford themselves to think on Christmass</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV class=Section1>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy">Dear
Elena,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=GramE><FONT face="Times New Roman"
color=navy size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy">Greetings
from </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><st1:State><st1:place><SPAN class=GramE><FONT
color=navy><SPAN
style="COLOR: navy">Alaska</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></st1:place></st1:State><SPAN
class=GramE><FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"> on this
day-after-Christmas.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT color=navy><SPAN
style="COLOR: navy"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We might
finally have enough snow for my son to ski and my friends to mush their
dogs across the frozen tundra.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>It has been an unusually warm winter in
</SPAN></FONT><st1:City><st1:place><FONT color=navy><SPAN
style="COLOR: navy">Fairbanks</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:City><FONT
color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"> with very little
snow.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy">Your questions remind me of the
questions I was asking when I first encountered OST.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>At that time, I was still spending
some of my time in the role of mediator.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In that role, it is proper to ask
questions.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It isn’t proper to lean or push
toward particular answers, but it IS proper to ask the questions that beg
to be asked.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Through the
questions she asks, the mediator weaves her wisdom and intelligence with
the wisdom and intelligence of the group.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It is a speaking wisdom rather
than a silent wisdom.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy">Some on this list have indicated that
they sometimes participate in group discussions.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I have also made that choice.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For me, making that choice is all
about listening to my inner voice, and following wherever it leads.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy">Our task is not to abide by some
external set of rules, but to follow the internal laws of our heart.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>OST is wonderful and powerful
because it so closely matches who we innately are, but there cannot be a
single rigid either-or rule about speaking and silence.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Sometimes one is called for, and
sometimes the other.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Only our
internal knowing can tell us what is needed in the moment we’re
in.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy">Much
love,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy">Julie<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>