I am not following the yellow brick road like all the others,I am following the road less travelled ...............
The book 'The Road Less Travelled'
starts off - guess the first three words.
(Answer at the foot of the blog*)
I was following the concrete road this morning, walking to the Railway Station which is on the estate of Wilson Mansions.
It takes about 12 minutes. A road often travelled.
I know every, non-yellow, slabs of pavement.
I was walking and thinking ..........
Thinking about the team I was working with yesterday.
They appeared in my mind when I woke up.
I spent all day with them - and here I am still trying to understand what is going on.
I need to write, SWOT, reflect about all I met and their response, behaviour and most of all the head and body language.
I need to dig into why there was an avoidance of really getting into the experiential learning.
So much to consider and, as always, my contribution in facilitation.
On one day a group, or team, can be flowing and deep reaching.
The next can be infertile ground.
....... and I walked on .....
..... and I walked on thinking about Joan in Majorca,
how the out-of-bed time to out-of-door-time
I was alone.
No interactions, other than talking to Zig. Peering at little plants which Joan is fostering to grow, and wondering if I am supposed to use some, unknown, radical intervention on their lives.
I was thinking, everything was me, getting out, focusing on today and reflecting on yesterday.
I was asked no questions.
Nobody told me they loved me,
Zig is insensitive like that,
and nobody said
"see you tonight Dear".
I step out with my red Converse trainers hitting the pavement with almost a bounce.
More than anything, I am asked most often to work with groups when it is a tough situation - and help work things through.
Each group or team being unique. Each needing specially designed facilitation.
Again, today, I have been asked to work with some special - special needs humans.
Love the thought - the sweat comes later.
I walk on.
I feel, and think, that this behaviour/upset/conflict stuff - all seems to come down to inadequate 'emotional literacy'.
Emotional deprivation.
Humans who have emotions and they never visit that place. Never dive into those feeling. Never feel those signals - just run like hell from them .....
There is a powerful driver in many humans, it seems to me, which, responding to hurt, just wants to consider no other option other than getting back at the humans who has triggered such feelings within them.
Similarly with humans with a certain kind of faith/belief, who only look to praying more, reading their Holy Book more and not considering a range of additional options beyond religious activities.
It seems to me that those in the toughest situations, search for tougher solutions. Deeper stuff -
because they have too.
I can click more. But need to get some zedz.
Hope you get what I am 'on about?
This is important stuff to me.
Sorry it is clouded by inadequate English, grammar, stubby fingers ....................... imperfection.
You are beautiful .................
*Life is difficult.
