Thank you, Suzanne. for keeping up the connections and passing them along! May the great ride on the waves continue!😍 Gail
On Thu, Apr 4, 2024 at 12:25 AM Suzanne Daigle via OSList < [email protected]> wrote: > > *A LOVE Message from Harrison Owen* > > Open Space helped me wear my heart on my sleeve, instead of hiding or > repressing it. Little wonder that I fell madly in love with Open Space in > 2009. > > Perhaps not surprising that this past January, shortly after the Peace and > High Performance gathering where he spoke so beautifully, Harrison called > me asking that I extend a message from him upon his death. > > I transcribed our conversation after we spoke, planning to share it on > April 8th. Suddenly today as we look forward to being together, I felt find > myself pulled to speak his words now. > > “When that happens, he said, I’d like you to go on the OS list (our Open > Space community listserv, decades old) or wherever to tell everyone”: > > *How much I love them!! And that I’ve had a good life. * > > Here an excerpt of what I wrote to myself after that poignant conversation: > > “In that moment, the magnitude of his words seemed to hang in the air. I > could feel his deep love for all of us. I knew that he felt our love for > him too. Our conversation continued, as natural as could be, more precious > than words could ever describe. He spoke of endings and new beginnings, > familiar subject matter to his recent talks, written and spoken — most > recently expressed at the January 2024 annual gathering of “Opening Space > for Peace and High Performance”. > > Here the *link <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j6pkKwpOFk> *to his last > talk to us at the annual gathering held during or close to the Martin > Luther King Holiday. At the end, Audrey Hepburn from China spoke for all of > us when she said: “I love you, Harrison.” His voice broke and we could > feel his deep emotion. It's what I also felt when he called me on January 17 > th at 11 am. > > Hopefully you can join us on April 8th, to share your stories of Open > Space and times with Harrison. Gentle, informal, and intimate, what better > way to honor him and his storytelling. Soon it will be our turn to share > stories~ about him and our times in Open Space. > > Invitation link here > <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WGaX9945DArrIrpNBbJ-vefIDaNMKMUO/view?usp=sharing> > . > > See posting on the Open Space Technology Facebook with this same message > and photos of Harrison at a precious Wave Rider gathering in Orillia > Ontario from 2009 hosted by Larry Peterson. > OSList mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > See the archives here: https://oslist.org/empathy/list/everyone.oslist.org -- *Gail West* email) [email protected] www.icatw.com
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