Thank you Anne for all your gifts to humanity and to us Open Spaceniks. I am sitting by our firestove, it’s been a very grey and rainy day. As I read through all emails on our list the sky is clearing up and the sun is shining again, after several rainy days, quite unexpectedly from the weather forecast and just perfect. Thanks for the sunshine you have brought and will keep bringing into our lives for many years to come. With love and appreciation Thomas PS. Thanks all for sharing those beautiful videos and for sharing your memories with Anne ❤
Från: Suzanne Daigle via OSList <[email protected]> Skickat: den 30 oktober 2023 10:07 Till: [email protected] Kopia: Open Space Listserv <[email protected]> Ämne: [OSList] Re: Anne Morgan Stadler (March 7, 1931 - October 28, 2023) What a gift to our Open Space community Anne was. So present, generous, full of life and wisdom. She made us feel like family. She made me feel like family. I met her at Sleeping Lady in Leavenworth Washington at an Open Space gathering hosted by Peggy Holman and Harrison. That single in person encounter became a lasting friendship from afar that I will treasure forever. To my dear friends and colleagues who had the good fortune of knowing and working with her closely, I extend my warmest sympathies. How she will be missed! Suzanne On Sun, Oct 29, 2023 at 1:19 PM Chris Corrigan via OSList <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Ah. The first time I ever experienced Open Space Technology was at the International Association of Public Participation Practitioners in WHistler, BC, Canada in 1995. It changed my life, to be hosted by a small team of beautiful facilitators who took a standard conference and opened space for the 400 of us to spend a day in deep practice and conversation and community together. The team was Anne Stadler, Angeles Arrien and Chris Carter. What an introduction to Open Space. I can still remember Anne lighting a candle and placing it at the centre of a huge concentric swirl of chairs. I figure I owe my path in life to the graciousness of Anne's opening and invitation to Open Space. Over the past 28 years - for half of my life so far - that one experience has set me on my course, and I am forever grateful that I made the decision to go to that conference. We have lost an Elder, a steward, a mentor and a friend. Someone who always had our backs, someone who never wavered in her support of those who were dedicated to make the world a more humane, creative and life-affirming world. I feel so blessed to have walked a little on this journey alongside Anne's wisdom, grace and fierce support. Chris On Sun, Oct 29, 2023 at 12:58 PM Peggy Holman via OSList <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: (Resend with the correct birth date) On Oct 29, 2023, at 12:56 PM, Peggy Holman <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Friends, I just got off the phone with Sue Stadler, Anne’s daughter. Anne died peacefully yesterday afternoon, October 28 surrounded by her family. From Sue’s comments, it was clear Anne created the space for the kind of death she wanted: filled with love, tears, and laughter. I’ll continue to act as a contact to share messages from the family. To be, as Sue put it…"part of the communication network as we let people know about plans for gathering, sharing stories, and honoring what Anne has learned with us all in the innumerable webs of love and learning that have made up her 92 year long life." In the meantime, please continue to post your thoughts in this Google Doc<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gFoTdzw6N1iX2pGlkouXtrTOafTw2LxUaEeMjxfqes4/edit#bookmark=id.gp9idig7q5qq>. The family will look at what we have all created as they are able. I suggest posting new messages on the opening pages, just below the picture of Anne. I have moved the messages written before she passed to a section below. As an experiment, here is a discussion group for anyone who wishes to connect with others who loved Anne. You can subscribe by sending an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. Perhaps we shall meet there as part of the Radiant Network. If you wish to communication directly with Anne’s family, you can send an email to her daughter, Sue Stadler - [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> and/or her son, Aaron Stadler - [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. They’ll share messages with their siblings. That said, please don’t expect a response. They have a lot going on!! In terms of a memorial, when they know what they are going to do, I’ll pass on the message. If you have thoughts or offers for a memorial, contact Sue. They’ll likely do something outside so it may be a while before there is something in-person. As we celebrate the life of one of the most remarkable people I have ever known, whom I deeply loved, I leave you with this thought: We are weaving ourselves as a radiant network with Anne's thread integral in connecting so many of us. Much love to you all, Peggy P.S. The link to the mantra for transition I sent in an earlier message went to the wrong site. Here is the proper link: https://youtu.be/OV9LXGOXjgs?feature=shared P.P.S. Below is a poem someone gave me when my mother passed. It keeps coming up for me as I think about Anne. I hope you find some comfort in it. I do. GIVE WHAT'S LEFT OF ME AWAY When I die Remember me with a smile and laughter. If thoughts of me provoke no love, Only sadness and tears, I ask that I be soon forgotten. Give what's left of me away To children and old men who wait to die. And if you must cry, cry for your brother Who walks in grief beside you. And when you need me, Put your arms around anyone, And give them what you need to give me. I want to leave you something. Something better than words or sounds. Look for me in the people I've known or loved, Or helped in some special way. And if you cannot give me away, Let me live in your eyes for awhile, As well as in your mind. You can love me most By letting love live Within the circle of your arms Embracing the frightened ones. Love doesn't die, people do. So when all that's left of me is love, Give me away. -- Merrit Malloy <Give Whats Left of Me Away.docx> _________________________________ Peggy Holman [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Twitter: @peggyholman Bellevue, WA 98006 206-948-0432 www.peggyholman.com<http://www.peggyholman.com> www.journalismthatmatters.org<http://www.journalismthatmatters.org> Enjoy the award winning Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into Opportunity<https://peggyholman.com/papers/engaging-emergence/> "An angel told me that the only way to step into the fire and not get burnt, is to become the fire". -- Drew Dellinger OSList mailing list -- [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> See the archives here: https://oslist.org/empathy/list/everyone.oslist.org -- ____ CHRIS CORRIGAN Blog and resources: http://www.chriscorrigan.com Harvest Moon Consultants: https://www.harvestmoonconsultants.com Upcoming events and workshops and online courses: https://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot/events/ Located on Nex̱wlélex̱wm (Bowen Island), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh-ulh territory, OSList mailing list -- [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> See the archives here: https://oslist.org/empathy/list/everyone.oslist.org
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