Thank you for such a lovely thank you stay warm it’s 7 below here tonight guess u grew up cold hugs
On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 8:01 PM Suzanne Daigle via OSList < oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote: > Christine, merci pour le souvenir de ce Forum Ouvert où tu as ouvert une > espace extraordinaire. Thank you Christine for the indelible memory of > this moment in 2015 when you opened the Space in New York. Your words are > as powerfully resonant as when you told us the story then. Not too long, > rest assured. And Skye thank you for extending such a compelling call to > action for our upcoming gathering. > > In honor of what you've both written, I created a collage of photos from > years past and posted on Facebook. It's a time when each of you were in New > York. > > > https://www.facebook.com/groups/7189220743/?multi_permalinks=10156959599630744¬if_id=1515286052533116¬if_t=feedback_reaction_generic > > Suzanne xoxo > > > > Suzanne Daigle > Open Space Facilitator > NuFocus Strategic Group > > FL 941-359-8877 > Cell: 203-722-2009 > www.nufocusgroupusa.com > s.dai...@nufocusgroup.com > Twitter @Daiglesuz > > > On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 5:22 AM, christine koehler via OSList < > oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote: > >> Dear OS community, >> >> As I am preparing myself to open space (and also longing for not being >> able to join you at the International House next week), I came across the >> story I wrote just after the Paris attack in 2015 and that I told when >> opening space for the Practice of Peace. >> Reading it again after those years, I believe it is too long a story to >> be used to open space. >> However, I remember how meaningful it was for me at that time to be able >> to connect the terrible events I had gone through and the hope I had (and >> still have) that opening space might be one very meaningful way to act when >> dealing with events that bring sorrow to life. How meaningful it was also >> to be able to share my story with you. >> This summer, while attending an Art of Hosting gathering, I met a man >> from Austria whose son was deeply injured in the next attack, in November >> of the same year, in Bataclan, the club where 130 persons were killed. His >> family is still today heavily impacted by those terrible days. This made me >> think that those stories may still be worth sharing. >> >> Here it goes. >> >> "To begin this seminar and welcome you I could offer you the story of >> this year theme *“Opening Space for Peace and High Performance in Work >> and in Life: Navigating Chaos, Confusion and Conflict »*. The first part >> « Peace and High performance » comes from Harrison. As he loves to tell >> stories, I am sure he will be delighted to tell it to you when he will be >> there this afternoon or in the coming days. And if you forget to ask him, >> just read his book « Wave Rider: leadership for high performance » where >> the story is being told. >> >> Instead I will tell you how strong those words echoed for me in the past >> days, as we in France went through as you all know those terrible moments. >> >> >> I was in my office on Wednesday, January 7, a grey winter day in Paris, >> preparing to receive guests I had invited via Twitter to listen together to >> the launch of an online course some of you may know : Otto Scharmer’s U >> lab, dealing with Transforming Business, Society, and Self. A theme dear to >> my heart. That’s at that precise moment that I learned that our satirical >> newspaper Charlie Hebdo, has been attacked and that many of “them” were >> dead. You may know what happened in those dreadful days: the initial 13 >> deaths, the tracking, the shooting of several police officers, the Jewish >> supermarket assaulted, more deaths and the killing of the 3 gunmen. >> >> I have seen this going on in front of my eyes. The supermarket is 15mn’s >> walk away from my apartment. Charlie Hebdo’s newspaper is closed to the >> university where my daughter is studying. One of the supermarket clients >> studied in the same business school than my husband. All those horrors >> sounding suddenly so close. So during those days, I experienced a large, >> very large palette of emotions: shock, anger, sadness, fear, doubt, >> confusion, more fear for the future: would our society split into opposite >> camps ? would this lead to more chaos? >> >> >> >> After Charlie Hebdo’s shooting, a minute of silence was decided in all >> public spaces. Private places did the same. Schools did the same. As they >> did so, we suddenly discovered that there were some classes were children >> would not silent, would not be shocked by what had happened but found it >> absolutely normal. Suddenly the kids showed what we all knew was there and >> had tried to forget. Kids repeat what they hear at home. And so we all >> heard via radio or TV that there are some places in our society where the >> killing of others brings joy and comfort. Even if a minority, it shows us >> that something has gone wrong. >> >> How was it possible? how did we go together to such a situation where >> there is such madness? Will we ever be able to change this? Can we define >> the problem, imagine a solution and just press a button to fix it? >> Obviously, we won’t. This is not the kind of problem that can be fixed. We >> already tried, and obviously, those killings showed us that we failed. >> >> >> >> Then on Sunday, in some places on Saturday, marches were organized all >> around France. Everybody was invited to join. >> >> I don't participate often in protest marches because I don’t like big >> crowds. I am afraid I could be trapped in a sudden moment of violence. >> >> But this Sunday, it did not matter. Maybe there was a risk, I feared it >> and I was scared. But one thing I knew for sure was that I cared. I care >> for being able to live a peaceful life with everyone around me, no matter >> if they are white, yellow, black or red, if they believe in Jesus, Mahomet >> or don’t believe in any kinds of gods, if they speak, act ,fight or keep >> silent. So because I care, I went to the march. And so did 1 and half >> million people, including governments leaders from all over the world >> (including some whom we may question the way they understand the word >> “freedom” or “peace”), representatives of a diversity of religions,. I saw >> babies, toddlers, teenagers, as well as old people needing a stick to walk. >> I saw people from all corners of the society, rich and poor alike. I had >> never seen so many people all around the Place de la Bastille. We couldn’t >> walk to place de la Nation, the final destination of the march, because of >> the many barriers to protect the government officials. But we >> self-organized, walking in nearby streets, finding our ways that were no >> direction or goals but as a way of being present. we walked, not quite >> silent all the time, singing, or saying poems aloud. >> >> The effect on me was incredible : being there and feeling that all of us >> were there to show respect, solidarity, support was comforting. More than >> once I had tears in my eyes. Like finding a steady point in our hearts >> again we could lean on. Maybe we’ll be able to do it, after all, maybe >> we’ll be able to fix the problem, if so many of us care, consider >> ourselves as relevant and affected, there should be hope. There is hope. >> >> >> >> For me this is exactly the story of open space. We live in a complex >> world, that is becoming more complex every day, or where we see more and >> more complexity every day, everything being interconnected, because people >> write, talk, travel, use the internet. One action here impacts the whole. >> One drawing, one satirical cartoon impacted the world. This shooting >> impacted the world. Maybe this peace march impacted the world. >> >> We live more and more often in chaos , confusion, conflict. >> >> No great man can now save the world, even if deep inside I would love to >> believe in this kind of magic. The magic in fact is elsewhere : It depends >> on us all. To invite those who care. And let flow the energy of love. Did >> anybody tried to organize and control those 1.5 million people in the >> streets of Paris, a city full of narrow streets? I don’t think so. Someone >> who cared made an invitation. Those who had the authority prepared the >> place: initiated a place of origin, a place of destination, advertised 2 >> roads to follow. It ended up with the place de la Nation, supposed to be >> the final destination, being full from early morning, and many many more >> than 2 roads with people marching. I bet the police just secured the >> minimum, for the officials, and then self-organization took place, every >> responsible person doing his job, and surfing chaos. Some shops had closed >> for security reasons. Restaurants and café re-opened and probably had one >> of the best turnover of the year. I bet if anyone had tried to organize and >> control 1,5 million people, they would have failed. Just letting us >> self-organize worked perfectly well. And doing so, without even realizing >> it, we opened the possibility for peace and high performance, because when >> we care and take responsibility for what we care for, >> >> And thus comes peace. >> >> >> >> During those 3 days you’ll discover or re-discover –for me it’s a >> discovery every time- a way to experience this, you will experience in your >> own bodies how it feels when you take responsibility for what you care, in >> work and in life. >> >> >> -- Christine >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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 -- *Skye Hirst, PhD* President - The Autognomics Institute *Conversations in Radical Self-Knowing* www.autognomics.org @autognomics 207-593-8074 *"Nature ever flows, stands never still. 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