Thanks for sharing, dear Harrison Made my day too. What a wonderful description of butterflies and how rewarding it can be to act like one, instead of sitting in groups that are not important for me.
Every now and then I get this question too. "Isn?t it boring for you during an event?" I?ve never ever felt bored being facilitator and mostly I don?t have a clue where the time went when it?s over. I just hang around enjoying the life of butterflies, bumblebees and the life in open space. OK I prepare some of the documentation and pick some coffee-cups but that?s about the "productive work" I do. Guess I?m holding space. Seems like spring finally arrived over here in the west of Sweden (yesterday it was snowing again!) so I will go out and welcome it/him/her or whatever. Thomas Herrmann > -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > Fran: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]]For Harrison Owen > Skickat: den 7 april 2006 13:36 > Till: [email protected] > Amne: Why I do what I do -- A letter from Indonesia > > > Every now and again somebody asks me why I do what I do, with the > implication that doing nothing (in Open Space) could get real boring. Of > course I never get a question like that from people on this LIST, but you > know what I am talking about :-). Anyhow, this morning I received a letter > from Dania, a young lady from Indonesia whom I met at the > Congress for Imams > and Rabbis. In my response to her I said simply, "You made my > Day!" - with a > little addition and translation of this Americanism. The letter follows. I > hope it makes your day as well! > > Harrison > ********************************************* > Dear Mr Owen, > > My name is Dania Pratiwi. We met at the 2nd world congress of imams and > rabbis for peace in Seville, Spain. I came as a student of Children of > Abraham. I can still remember our interview in the dining room.. do you > remember what I said, that Open Space is a playground? I felt very > embarrassed after that.. > > Well, Open Space is like a playground for me, but I want you to > know that I > enjoyed it a lot. Open Space give me (and other participants) a freedom. A > freedom to choose what we want to do in that congress. Some people joined > the sessions. Some people had informal discussions at the lobby. > Some people > were just sat on the sofa and had their snacks (for HOURS). Some > people went > to the city. Some people went to their room and sleep (my roomate did > this..) we did whatever we wanted, and it was fun! > > I myself joined a session which conducted by Ari Alexander, Children of > Abraham's co-executive director. We had some fun there. After that, it was > my turn to conduct the session. But no one came to my session, > except Yasser > (another Children of Abraham's student. He's my friend) we got bored. we > decided to left the session and explored the lobby.Then I saw a rabbi who > sat alone. I sat beside him and we had a discussion. After that I explored > the lobby again and met another rabbi. I had a discussion with > him too. Then > I explored the lobby again, and met another rabbi. Talked. met > another one. > Talked. And another one and another one and another one.. I kept > doing that > untill dinner time. > > I love having discussion with the Rabbis, because I've never met a rabbi > before. Actually, it was my first time to met Jewish. Most people in > Indonesia are Muslims, and I've never met a Jews here. I really > enjoyed the > discussions! The rabbi were nice to me. > > Mr Owen, I want to thank you for creating such a 'playground' for > us. Thank > you for giving me the opportunity to 'play' with the Imams and > Rabbis. I had > a great time there. I really can't thank you enough for this. > > Let me know if you have plan to visit Indonesia and conduct the open space > system here. I'd love to join you and be your tour guide here! > It was nice > to meet you, and I hope I can be as great as you someday.. > > Best regards, > Dania > > > Harrison Owen > 7808 River Falls Drive > Potomac, Maryland 20854 > Phone 301-365-2093 > Skype hhowen > Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com > <http://www.openspaceworld.com/> > > Open Space Institute www.openspaceworld.org > Personal website www.ho-image.com > OSLIST: To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives > Visit: www.listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > <http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html> > > > > * > * > ========================================================== > [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
