I had such a strange sensation today when I didn't get my daily dose of OS gift exchanges. Everyone must be busy packing for Halifax. I too will be on my way in the morning. I won't be arriving in Halifax where I so long to be among you...I'll be driving in the treacherous heatwave through the Rocky Mountains from Seattle to Aurora, Colorado, where my 13 year old daughter Emma will be playing center field for the Lady Sharks in the National Championship Playoffs all next week. I love the opportunity to be a mother and participate in her life in this way. I'm glad I can still share the OS experience through the postings. It's also heart warming to know that some of you are rooting for Emma and will be asking how she did when you get back. Save a place for us in the circle where magic happens.
In love and light, Cheryl ----- Original Message ----- From: Lisa Heft To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 6:09 PM Subject: Re: Not in Halifax -plus - Access Queen update Viv-a-Licious -- I will miss your vibrant energy, rich experience, true wisdom and sparkling playfulness. But you will be felt there, in spirit. And so shall you others who cannot make it this time. I know it is hard for some to see all this chatter about a great experience that you cannot this time get to. I did not get to last year's OSonOS and I missed my dear friends deeply, both old and never-yet-met. I find that the face-to-face is so important, when possible, for deepening connections, exploring and experimenting on things with a group of diverse people (I tend to try things each year that may use different modalities than text and sometimes even without conversation - hard to do in the virtual world), sharing song and wine together in the evenings, and finding great partners for facilitation projects to come. Well, this time I am going, and so I shall raise a glass to you, my dear friends both old and new and never-yet-met who cannot join us in Halifax in person. Your presence, your spirit and the stories you have shared with us all thus far will be felt in rich and diverse ways. And I want to take this opportunity to thank all of you who have contributed to this year's Access Queen Fund thus far (more eruptions of Access Giving are expected at the OSonOS itself, though the Global Village Marketplace, the Silent Auction and random acts of giving-ness, and for this, I thank you). As I write this the Access Queen Fund, thanks to your generous donations of money... ...(thank you, World Map members! OpenSpace-Online participants! Open Space Institute of the US! Generous individuals with big hearts and anonymous identities! Open Space Institute of Canada! OSonOS attendees who will share their room or pay for dinner for a colleague! All of you packing little things to sell at the Global Village Marketplace and Silent Auction!). .rides, room shares, discount fee arrangements (thank you, host team!) and good ideas...we're helping *15 Askers* get just the little more that they need to be able to attend the OSonOS in Halifax. How exciting is that???!! And what a testament to the power of asking, and of giving, without attachment to outcome. Let's hear it for faith and sharing and courage and letting go.... Lisa ___________________________ L i s a H e f t Consultant, Facilitator, Educator O p e n i n g S p a c e 2325 Oregon Berkeley, California 94705-1106 USA +01 510 548-8449 [email protected] www.openingspace.net * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
