I feel sad now as I creep away from
the community of bruised humans.
I feel good about being with them.
I want to be there.
I have left and they remain.
They live there.
They have few life choices.
Now I can blog to you, the unknown you......
I cannot tell you the trauma that these young people
have been through
at such an early age.
I am talking about 16/17 year olds
and some a little older.
There has been real violence in their lives - today even.
Real threats of violence for all around us.
I have been tense all that time.
Now I am in recovery..........
Reminds me of the years working in East London with youth gangs,
the uncontrolled violence and even the pleasure from it.
I hate it.
Yes I feel sad.
Reflective.
I must reflect when I have feelings......
I have used the Blob Tree tonight with a group of beautiful humans.
It is without a doubt,
the most well known and used people tool from any of my books.
It is Group Work, it is emotional literacy stuff.
It is informal education
It is mission
It is love in action.
I have been asked to go and reach the hard to reach.
This group session processed like this:-
The usual messing about at the front end.
I used the Blob Tree and dived in - which one is your feelings now?
was the question.
Then the most mashed up human spoke, and said....
he was mashed that's what he said.
He let it out.
The mood changed, their had been some self revelation,
LEVEL FIVE in Pipspeak.
It seems that everyone read the openness and even vulnerable frankness.
Others now had permission to be honest.....
It is amazing to see that humans want to do this.
As long as they are not on their own.
They don't want hurt piled on their hurt.
A number were isolating their feelings, and
the Tree has Blobs to point at.
Others tumbling out of the Tree -
out of touch with the tree and life.
Real honesty flooded, real feelings.
Amongst inarticulate stumbling,
there was a stillness.
All this was worth listening too.
They listened.
The next was asking which one would they like to be.
The ones hugging each other were popular
The ones in touch with each other each other.
Climbing the tree too,
helping others into the tree,
wanting to develop - fantastic sharing.
The process ended with a message that we need to 'own'
the facts/reality of what has happened.
We cannot change the past just one little bit BUT,
we can plan and aim for the future.
A group of people being beautiful together
and I have the joy of being there.
Do you know how I feel?
I am in the aftermath of expelling energy,
gentle encouraging, intense in sensitiveness.
This feeling stuff comes out as I am leading.
Later now, I continue to work,
it does not end there with these young humans.
It has to be reflected upon
It must move on to reflection
Later a strategy for the next steps will emerge.
It is all informal education -
but the prep and the detail process
takes some deep consideration.
I am feeling.
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