Dear Harrison, as always, your writing is inspiring. You asked for feedback and here is what would make this preface writing work better for me. It is all of course fine as it is. However, if you were to take the beginning sentences and put them at the end in exactly the order that you wrote them. This would leave the ending of the preface with the words 'be careful', a phrase sure to get the pages turning. Or is it only me that would turn those pages when admonished to 'be careful' as it would peak my curiosity. Can you picture a strengthening of your message? the sentences I am referring to are:
"I am a story teller. To be truthful, I was trained as an academician, but I came to a startling recognition: *Nobody was ever moved by facts, figures, and footnotes. A good story, however, will move Spirit and minds.* I should warn you of what you already know: Storytellers have a very light regard for the truth, as in “The facts of the matter,” and “What actually happened” However, if the story is a good one, The Truth will pop out, which is what makes a story good – one that you will remember ... and may change your life. Be careful." aI don't believe Spirit disappears. it is constant. Our sense of Spirit disappearing can be strong, especially when there are endings. I love when you say that endings are also the work of Spirit. I would prefer that the words about Spirit disappearing are changed. The constant of Spirit, life force, present always, accessible always, is essential for Open Space Technology to work. with love and blessings, Birgitt [image: Picture] *Birgitt Williams* *Senior consultant-author-mentor to leaders and consultants * *Specialist in organizational and systemic transformation, leadership development, and the power of nourishing a culture of leadership.* www.dalarinternational.com >> Learn More & Register <http://www.dalarinternational.com/upcoming-workshops/> for any of our upcoming workshops here. PO Box 19373, Raleigh, NC, USA 27613 Phone: 01-919-522-7750 Like us on Facebook <https://dalarinternational.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=35ed818c946a88ba7344da05f&id=6677c35b38&e=e7zyhHfiqG> Connect on LinkedIn <https://dalarinternational.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=35ed818c946a88ba7344da05f&id=c26173f86b&e=e7zyhHfiqG> On Tue, Mar 15, 2022 at 4:37 PM Harrison Owen SR via OSList < oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote: > > Audrey Hepburn, a Young Chinese lady (that really is her name!) tells me > that she is going to publish some of my books in Chinese and, would I write > a preface? I said I would try, but always following my fundamental dictum > (Never work harder than you have to) I suggested doing one for all. It is a > preface and you could stick it anywhere... maybe. Easy said -- but I never > quite figured how hard it might be to summarize 60 years of thinking into a > page and a bit. I have no idea if I have succeeded, But you might -- and if > not let me know, and I"ll try to do better. > > Harrison > -- > 7808 River Falls Drive > Potomac, MD 20854 USA > 301-365-2093 > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org > To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > Past archives can be viewed here: > http://www.mail-archive.com/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org
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