Moving and true. I shared tears with you Lisa and I'm thankful you took the time to write your family story here. Irene
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FW: Short Guide to OST in Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian (Harrison Owen) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:02:25 -0700 From: Lisa Heft <[email protected]> To: OSLIST <[email protected]> Subject: [OSList] Thank you, my mother, and Chile Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed"; DelSp="yes" Hello, dear colleagues - I appreciate all the love and support you have sent me both on and off the list as you heard the news of my mother's passing. As you may have read from previous messages - I was in Chile facilitating several Open Space Learning Workshops as my mother was moving through her transition from life into death. My father and I have been taking care of her for 10 years as her health has shifted. They live close to me in a wonderful elders residence and I am there all the time as we are very close emotionally. My life is a lovely balance of self care, parental care and this wonderful work that we facilitator folks do. This time has been a true and bittersweet gift. To be able to love them both up by being there, caring for them, sharing thoughts and emotions, and knowing that we love each other has been an amazing gift. I feel very lucky to have this sort of relationship with my parents, and I know that not everybody has this opportunity, and I treasure it. The last few years have required more care as my mother has become more delicate in health and our lives have been intertwined as my parents and I have traveled together through these experiences. At the end of April my mother became critically ill, and since that time she had been making an amazingly graceful progression towards death and release, surrounded by loving care and loved ones. I had a strong feeling she would die while I was away teaching in Chile - however my father (and my mother's voice was also very strong inside my head) said 'Go! Go! Live! This is what it is all about - sharing learning and community across the world!' about Open Space and dialogue and the power of a diverse community. Sharing knowledge, love and peace. So I went. My classes and the fabulous WOSonOS 2011 Host Team knew that I was sad and concerned about my mother and father during my travels, and they loved me up and held their arms open for whatever shape my concern and worry would take - while at the same time they traveled with me through rich learning and exploration about Open Space in these workshops. The first group of participants was about 65 graduate students and faculty of the Masters program in Organizational Development and Strategic People Management in the School of Economics and Business at Universidad Diego Portales in Santiago de Chile - as well as members of the 2011 Host Team. They welcomed my teaching in Spanish (including my various words in 'Spanglish' that either worked or were hilarious errors) as well as my sharing about my mother. The talking / listening piece I use in my Open Spaces is a stone from the sea that my mother gave to me when I was a small child - so they learned about my love and concern when we went into Closing Circle in the Open Space meeting that is a part of my workshop. The second group of participants was about 50 facilitators, coaches and executive directors of NGO's / non- profit organizations, in our workshop hosted by the School of Psychology at the Universidad Aldolfo Iba?ez in Santiago de Chile. One evening during the first workshop dates I suddenly had a feeling that my mother was waiting for me to return home from my travels before she could die. I have been at many deaths and have seen this happen, where people wait for their loved ones before letting go. And I told her not to do that for me - but to fly...to let go...with my love. I woke up the next day to find an email message that she had died at that exact moment. No surprise, our profound connection. I came in to that next workshop day with the news that my mother had died. And I said 'If you are okay with me crying, I am okay with continuing on with you in this learning journey. It is what my mother would want. She believes in our work together. And besides - if you want to be facilitators - emotions happen. This is real. Shall we continue?' And they did, with open arms. And with stories throughout the day of mothers and love. During the second workshop I was of course still quite emotional, and I shared the story of my mother when we came again to that point with the listening stone. Once again I was held in open arms and once again we continued to explore rich learning together in and about Open Space. At the end of that workshop, one of the participants gave me a gift - a necklace that her mother made for me. Each night she had gone home to tell her mother about the workshop, and her mother had felt a deep connection with me even though we had not met. I treasure that necklace, and that experience. My father now wears both his own and my mother's wedding rings - artful little pieces with lapis, agate, jade and other stones inset in gold. On his desk calendar, on the day she died, he has drawn a picture of little hearts, flying away up into the sky. And we look up into that sky and see the stars and think that one of them - or all of them - is my mother. But then I feel my mother and father in every word and act and deed I do - I always have - in every moment of my work with groups and my remembering to be the truest me that I can be. My mother and father are everywhere in me and in everything I touch and experience. So I am a lucky girl - and most loved, by my parents, and by you... Thank you all, and take good care of yourselves and the mothers and fathers you have or for the mother-father love you have created for yourself inside of you. Perhaps I will see some of you at the WOSonOS in Chile this October... Lisa Lisa Heft Consultant, Facilitator, Educator Opening Space [email protected] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.openspacetech.org/pipermail/oslist-openspacetech.org/attachments/20110624/24f418c0/attachment.html> ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 21:49:05 -0400 From: Suzanne Daigle <[email protected]> To: World wide Open Space Technology email list <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [OSList] Thank you, my mother, and Chile Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" What a beautiful love story Lisa. thank you! You teach us love and are loved! On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 6:02 PM, Lisa Heft <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello, dear colleagues - > > I appreciate all the love and support you have sent me both on and off the > list as you heard the news of my mother's passing. > > As you may have read from previous messages - I was in Chile facilitating > several Open Space Learning Workshops as my mother was moving through her > transition from life into death. > My father and I have been taking care of her for 10 years as her health has > shifted. They live close to me in a wonderful elders residence and I am > there all the time as we are very close emotionally. My life is a lovely > balance of self care, parental care and this wonderful work that we > facilitator folks do. This time has been a true and bittersweet gift. To be > able to love them both up by being there, caring for them, sharing thoughts > and emotions, and knowing that we love each other has been an amazing gift. > I feel very lucky to have this sort of relationship with my parents, and I > know that not everybody has this opportunity, and I treasure it. > > The last few years have required more care as my mother has become more > delicate in health and our lives have been intertwined as my parents and I > have traveled together through these experiences. > At the end of April my mother became critically ill, and since that time > she had been making an amazingly graceful progression towards death and > release, surrounded by loving care and loved ones. > I had a strong feeling she would die while I was away teaching in Chile - > however my father (and my mother's voice was also very strong inside my > head) said 'Go! Go! Live! This is what it is all about - sharing learning > and community across the world!' about Open Space and dialogue and the power > of a diverse community. Sharing knowledge, love and peace. > So I went. > > My classes and the fabulous WOSonOS 2011 Host Team knew that I was sad and > concerned about my mother and father during my travels, and they loved me up > and held their arms open for whatever shape my concern and worry would take > - while at the same time they traveled with me through rich learning and > exploration about Open Space in these workshops. > > The first group of participants was about 65 graduate students and faculty > of the Masters program in Organizational Development and Strategic People > Management in the School of Economics and Business at Universidad Diego > Portales in Santiago de Chile - as well as members of the 2011 Host > Team. They welcomed my teaching in Spanish (including my various words in > 'Spanglish' that either worked or were hilarious errors) as well as my > sharing about my mother. The talking / listening piece I use in my Open > Spaces is a stone from the sea that my mother gave to me when I was a small > child - so they learned about my love and concern when we went into Closing > Circle in the Open Space meeting that is a part of my workshop. The second > group of participants was about 50 facilitators, coaches and executive > directors of NGO's / non-profit organizations, in our workshop hosted by the > School of Psychology at the Universidad Aldolfo Iba?ez in Santiago de Chile. > > One evening during the first workshop dates I suddenly had a feeling that > my mother was waiting for me to return home from my travels before she could > die. I have been at many deaths and have seen this happen, where people wait > for their loved ones before letting go. And I told her not to do that for > me - but to fly...to let go...with my love. I woke up the next day to find > an email message that she had died at that exact moment. No surprise, our > profound connection. > > I came in to that next workshop day with the news that my mother had died. > And I said 'If you are okay with me crying, I am okay with continuing on > with you in this learning journey. It is what my mother would want. She > believes in our work together. And besides - if you want to be facilitators > - emotions happen. This is real. Shall we continue?' And they did, with open > arms. And with stories throughout the day of mothers and love. > > During the second workshop I was of course still quite emotional, and I > shared the story of my mother when we came again to that point with the > listening stone. Once again I was held in open arms and once again we > continued to explore rich learning together in and about Open Space. At the > end of that workshop, one of the participants gave me a gift - a necklace > that her mother made for me. Each night she had gone home to tell her mother > about the workshop, and her mother had felt a deep connection with me even > though we had not met. I treasure that necklace, and that experience. > > My father now wears both his own and my mother's wedding rings - artful > little pieces with lapis, agate, jade and other stones inset in gold. On his > desk calendar, on the day she died, he has drawn a picture of little hearts, > flying away up into the sky. And we look up into that sky and see the stars > and think that one of them - or all of them - is my mother. But then I feel > my mother and father in every word and act and deed I do - I always have - > in every moment of my work with groups and my remembering to be the truest > me that I can be. My mother and father are everywhere in me and in > everything I touch and experience. > > So I am a lucky girl - and most loved, by my parents, and by you... > > Thank you all, and take good care of yourselves and the mothers and fathers > you have or for the mother-father love you have created for yourself inside > of you. > > Perhaps I will see some of you at the WOSonOS in Chile this October... > > Lisa > * > > Lisa Heft > * > Consultant, Facilitator, Educator > *Opening Space* > [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > -- Suzanne Daigle NuFocus Strategic Group 7159 Victoria Circle University Park, FL 34201 FL 941-359-8877; CT 203-722-2009 www.nufocusgroup.com [email protected] twitter @suzannedaigle -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: <http://lists.openspacetech.org/pipermail/oslist-openspacetech.org/attachments/20110624/bfa0e2c1/attachment-0001.htm> ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 00:20:22 -0400 From: "JL Walker" <[email protected]> To: "'World wide Open Space Technology email list'" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [OSList] Thank you, my mother, and Chile Message-ID: <003c01cc32ef$365192f0$a2f4b8d0$@cl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Lisa thank you very much for all the transforming action that you have had with all us, not only for having practically quintuplicate in only two weeks people in Chile that could now dare to facilitate this powerful method known as Open Space, but above all for your extraordinary human quality that certainly it would not be possible without your mom and dad. You are now embedded in the heart of all us, bringing joy and hope, Juan Luis De: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] En nombre de Lisa Heft Enviado el: viernes, 24 de junio de 2011 18:02 Para: OSLIST Asunto: [OSList] Thank you, my mother, and Chile Hello, dear colleagues - I appreciate all the love and support you have sent me both on and off the list as you heard the news of my mother's passing. As you may have read from previous messages - I was in Chile facilitating several Open Space Learning Workshops as my mother was moving through her transition from life into death. My father and I have been taking care of her for 10 years as her health has shifted. They live close to me in a wonderful elders residence and I am there all the time as we are very close emotionally. My life is a lovely balance of self care, parental care and this wonderful work that we facilitator folks do. This time has been a true and bittersweet gift. To be able to love them both up by being there, caring for them, sharing thoughts and emotions, and knowing that we love each other has been an amazing gift. I feel very lucky to have this sort of relationship with my parents, and I know that not everybody has this opportunity, and I treasure it. The last few years have required more care as my mother has become more delicate in health and our lives have been intertwined as my parents and I have traveled together through these experiences. At the end of April my mother became critically ill, and since that time she had been making an amazingly graceful progression towards death and release, surrounded by loving care and loved ones. I had a strong feeling she would die while I was away teaching in Chile - however my father (and my mother's voice was also very strong inside my head) said 'Go! Go! Live! This is what it is all about - sharing learning and community across the world!' about Open Space and dialogue and the power of a diverse community. Sharing knowledge, love and peace. So I went. My classes and the fabulous WOSonOS 2011 Host Team knew that I was sad and concerned about my mother and father during my travels, and they loved me up and held their arms open for whatever shape my concern and worry would take - while at the same time they traveled with me through rich learning and exploration about Open Space in these workshops. The first group of participants was about 65 graduate students and faculty of the Masters program in Organizational Development and Strategic People Management in the School of Economics and Business at Universidad Diego Portales in Santiago de Chile - as well as members of the 2011 Host Team. They welcomed my teaching in Spanish (including my various words in 'Spanglish' that either worked or were hilarious errors) as well as my sharing about my mother. The talking / listening piece I use in my Open Spaces is a stone from the sea that my mother gave to me when I was a small child - so they learned about my love and concern when we went into Closing Circle in the Open Space meeting that is a part of my workshop. The second group of participants was about 50 facilitators, coaches and executive directors of NGO's / non-profit organizations, in our workshop hosted by the School of Psychology at the Universidad Aldolfo Iba?ez in Santiago de Chile. One evening during the first workshop dates I suddenly had a feeling that my mother was waiting for me to return home from my travels before she could die. I have been at many deaths and have seen this happen, where people wait for their loved ones before letting go. And I told her not to do that for me - but to fly...to let go...with my love. I woke up the next day to find an email message that she had died at that exact moment. No surprise, our profound connection. I came in to that next workshop day with the news that my mother had died. And I said 'If you are okay with me crying, I am okay with continuing on with you in this learning journey. It is what my mother would want. She believes in our work together. And besides - if you want to be facilitators - emotions happen. This is real. Shall we continue?' And they did, with open arms. And with stories throughout the day of mothers and love. During the second workshop I was of course still quite emotional, and I shared the story of my mother when we came again to that point with the listening stone. Once again I was held in open arms and once again we continued to explore rich learning together in and about Open Space. At the end of that workshop, one of the participants gave me a gift - a necklace that her mother made for me. Each night she had gone home to tell her mother about the workshop, and her mother had felt a deep connection with me even though we had not met. I treasure that necklace, and that experience. My father now wears both his own and my mother's wedding rings - artful little pieces with lapis, agate, jade and other stones inset in gold. On his desk calendar, on the day she died, he has drawn a picture of little hearts, flying away up into the sky. And we look up into that sky and see the stars and think that one of them - or all of them - is my mother. But then I feel my mother and father in every word and act and deed I do - I always have - in every moment of my work with groups and my remembering to be the truest me that I can be. My mother and father are everywhere in me and in everything I touch and experience. So I am a lucky girl - and most loved, by my parents, and by you... Thank you all, and take good care of yourselves and the mothers and fathers you have or for the mother-father love you have created for yourself inside of you. Perhaps I will see some of you at the WOSonOS in Chile this October... Lisa Lisa Heft Consultant, Facilitator, Educator Opening Space [email protected] _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1388 / Virus Database: 1513/3723 - Release Date: 06/24/11 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Harrison Harrison Owen 7808 River Falls Dr. Potomac, MD 20854 USA 189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer) Camden, Maine 20854 Phone 301-365-2093 (summer) 207-763-3261 www.openspaceworld.com www.ho-image.com (Personal Website) To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of OSLIST Go to: <http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org> http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 8:44 AM To: Frank Little; [email protected] Subject: Short Guide to OST in Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian Dear Frank and Harrison Just to let you both know that we have finally posted the Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian translations of Harrison's Short Guide to OST on our website at http://www.cidi.ba/bs/page.php?id=24 (see just above the photos - first we have a link to the report from our April OST, facilitated by Frank, then we have a link to the PDF version of the Short Guide and then we have a link to the audio recording of the Short Guide for blind people). I'm keen to participate in an OST facilitators' training in the Autumn (after this project ends in mid October), as is my colleague, Vanja - so please let me know of any training events in the offing (in Europe). Best wishes for a good weekend! And to Harrison, a big thanks for thinking up this methodology in the first place, and for spreading the word to excellent facilitators like Frank. Zelah Zelah Senior - Team Leader Cidi Capacity building of civil society to take part in policy dialogue, BiH (Contract number 2009/217 - 906) Augusta Brauna 14/2, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. T: +387 33 260 356 F: +387 33 260 355 M: +387 63 450 586 This project is funded by the European Union. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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