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Who do you trust?<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/2/14 1:07 PM, Suzanne Daigle
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<div>Yes indeed if I happened to meet up with Open Space in
my life it was because of Sharon Joy Kleitsch and I have
continued to journey with her ever since. Her grace,
wisdom, vision and love that extends to community and
globally which she gives so generously is intermingled
with trust. Trust in human kind and trust that we can make
this world a better place together. Many had the
opportunity to connect with her ageless and boundless
enthusiasm of life and camaraderie here at the World Open
Space in St. Petersburg. She is like a pied piper to all
generations on so many important issues not the least of
which climate change, the economy and science. <br>
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Now on the matter of trust, I add these 2 cents that has led
me to the most profound trust of all that: "Open Space
always works".<br>
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I can remember as if it was yesterday the first times when I
facilitated Open Space. I assure you that I did not trust
myself much.I worried that I would forget the instructions;
that I would not speak loudly enough, that people might be
confused, that I did not have enough experience and that I
did not "get it enough". I remember trying to will myself
not to control, not to predict, not to please and to let go
my perfectionist ways. And yes I meditated too. <br>
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Yet in spite of all this distrust and nervousness, I jumped
in because the fear of not doing this work exceeded my fear
of doing it. I knew deep inside of me that Open Space was a
gift, a gift to be shared. I just had to "do it"! <br>
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And in the end, it made no bit of difference.Open Space
always worked and my performance (tisk!) soon became the
invisibility of my and our role as facilitators as
participants rushed to the middle and wrote the topics they
were passionate about. They figured it out. <br>
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To this day, I treasure all the emotions of fear and
distrust that were inside of me because I feel now that I
can feel them with the client and the planning team as they
face something that is often so diametrically opposed to how
they host meetings and engage others in a world where they
often seems to be a lot of distrust. <br>
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<div>Ultimately, I believe that the journey of trust is a
shared journey. While I can inspire some trust in others,
ultimately the real trust is the one that grows inside each
individual and group. I am still in awe of this. And every
time, this seems a great miracle. <br>
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I think trust is really love. Love of self and others. And
once we feel this, trust just seems to be there.<br>
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Suzanne<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 11:38 AM, Eric <span
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<div><span>Wow, powerful discussions again!</span></div>
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<span>A little story:</span></div>
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<span>Here in Tampa Bay we have found a little group
so clear and powerful that it might help others on
this subject. It really started with Sharon Joy.
Not only do her friends trust her, but a great
segment of the community trusts her. As will most
anyone who speaks with her! This is because she
really expresses trust and truth in all that she
says and all that she does.</span></div>
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<span>Essentially, Sharon Joy is Trust! And falling
back a bit deeper now. Sharon Joy has come to Trust
Herself. She recognized her native instinct and
feelings about everything as her own personal
bedrock in Trust. As countless Guru's, theologians
and philosophers have said it all comes from the
inside. She Trusts herself, and recognized she was
enough to bring together the square root of
one-percent of the population to accept her
perception. <br>
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Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif"><span>Another
bit of science there, or philosophy, that in crowd
theory (or something like that) the </span><span>"square
root of one-percent" of the population is enough
people needed to get a the whole crowd to move in
one voice. Sharon Joy decided that Tampa Bay needed
to be moved by Love, or by the Heart Field (if you
prefer the science). Thus, She decided one day that
her love and trust in herself was enough to move her
friends and together that was enough to move Tampa
Bay. . . <br>
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Love Sharon Joy, She gave me away at my wedding ;-)
So I believe her power so much that I'm convinced
Tampa Bay is enough to MOVE THE PLANET. . . </span></div>
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<span>Thus, the point of the story, it really only
takes One! </span></div>
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<span>Anyone can change the meeting, the community,
the city, state, nation, or Planet!</span></div>
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And so it is!</div>
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Re: [OSList] Trust<br>
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<div><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f497d">Wow,
I rarely say anything on the listserve
but I must react to this. The trust
factor is really a big one for me in
my work in Washington DC these days.
From every angle, top down and bottom
up and sideways, there is little
trust. The pertebation of more
diverse voices makes sense and a wider
invitation and I’m getting resistance
there for many reasons…all controlling
and forceful and fearful driven.
Anyhow, keep these stories going.
Brenden, when you walked that circle
and others, can you describe your
magic that day or is it not possible?
I imagine the prework and the
centering before and all that but what
reflections have you on that, if any?</span></div>
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Mazzotta</span></div>
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Trust</span></div>
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<div>A lovely little side-step from
the initiating story...</div>
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<div>The truth about trust was brought
home to me a few years ago when I
facilitated an Open Space in Broome in
the north west of Western Australia.
The context was about 100 or so folks
gathering to consider how to provide
better mental health services for all
the people of the region. There was
about 50:50 presence of indigenous and
non-indigenous people, service users
and service providers. I was fortunate
enough to have an Aboriginal
co-facilitator accompany me - now
that's another story!</div>
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<div>The day went well with a very
enthusiastic closing circle
indicating that participants and
sponsors were pleased with the
opportunity to engage as equals,
the depth of conversation and the
attractive action outcomes. </div>
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<div>Now for 'the gift' </div>
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<div>At dinner afterwards, I was
passing by an old Aboriginal woman
who waved me over and softly said
something like:</div>
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<div><span> </span>"Young
fella, when you walked around the
circle this morning, I didn't
understand much of what you were
saying but I felt your energy and I
trusted it.</div>
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<div><span> </span>I knew
this was going to be a good
day...and it was"</div>
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<div>I have carried those words of
affirmation as a blessing ever
since.</div>
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<div>Cheers</div>
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<div>Brendan</div>
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<div>On 02/02/2014, at 3:54
AM, Elwin and Joan wrote:</div>
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<div
style="background:white"><span
style="">Well, I
can’t help
myself here. I
normally write
to Harrison on
the “side” but
now I’m in Open
Space.</span></div>
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<div
style="background:white"><span
style=""> </span></div>
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<div
style="background:white"><span
style="">Trust!</span></div>
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<div
style="background:white"><span
style=""> </span></div>
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style="background:white">
<span style="">My
Brother, you
continue to
speak the
profound, in the
most humble
manner. Your
“trust” response
provokes me to
write to the
List, because it
speaks to me so
very deeply.</span></div>
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<div
style="background:white"><span
style=""> </span></div>
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<div
style="background:white"><span
style="">I now
sit poised to
Open Space three
days from now
for the USAID
Mission in
Sarajevo, Bosnia
(thank you, ho)
and your
reference to
integrity,
authenticity and
trust nearly
brought me to
tears!</span></div>
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<div
style="background:white"><span
style=""> </span></div>
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<div>
<div
style="background:white"><span
style="">Upon
entering this US
Government
bastion of
organizational
cadence, clearly
in “harms-way”,
I realized that
my demeanor,
shaped by 20
years of OST,
had an immediate
effect. Senior
management,
although
anxious, leads
me to believe
they think I‘m
authentic. </span></div>
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<div
style="background:white"><span
style=""> </span></div>
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style="background:white">
<span style="">So,
on Wednesday, I
Open Space for 2
½ days for 10
Americans and 40
Bosnians and the
theme is: “What
are the
opportunities to
improve our job
satisfaction and
performance, and
enhance the
Mission’s Goal?”</span></div>
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<div
style="background:white"><span
style=""> </span></div>
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<div
style="background:white"><span
style="">Whoa!
Is this going to
be fun! And it
is all because,
like most of
you, experience
in Open Space
gives us the
ability to be
truly “present”.</span></div>
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<div
style="background:white"><span
style=""> </span></div>
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<div
style="background:white"><span
style="">While
I’m at it, you
can view a bit
of video of an
Open Space I
recently did for
about 65
citizens of my
hometown of
Portland
Connecticut.
The film crew
struggled a bit
but if you’re
patient it
“picks up” at
the 4 minute
mark. <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
rel="nofollow"
href="http://portlandplan.org/http:/portlandplan.org/http:/"
target="_blank">http://portlandplan.org</a></span></div>
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<div
style="background:white"><span
style=""> Thank
you Michael
Herman!!</span></div>
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style="background:white"><span
style=""> </span></div>
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<div
style="background:white"><span
style="">Open
Space. What a
gift!</span></div>
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<div
style="background:white"><span
style="">Love
you Harrison.</span></div>
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style=""> </span></div>
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<div
style="background:white"><span
style="">Elwin
Guild</span></div>
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<div>
<div
style="background:white"><span
style="">Future
Development
International</span></div>
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