Sunday, May 26, 2013

Speaking sense and PEACE about Woolwich.

And I thank him for these words .....

People are afraid – afraid of inner feelings ............

One of the most pervasive emotions 
in the atmosphere around us 
is fear. 
People are afraid – 
afraid of inner feelings, 
afraid of other people,
and also 
afraid of the future. 
And fearful people 
have a hard time waiting.


Henri Nouwen


I love my Sheilas


NO MATTER - RIGHT NOW - WHATEVER ..............

¸.•*¨*•♪NO♫•*¨*•.¸MATTER♥¸.•*¨*•♪HOW♫•*¨*•.¸¸YOU♥¸.•*¨*•FEEL♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥¸.•*¨*•♪you♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥¸.•*¨*•♪are♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥¸.•*¨*•♪beautiful♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥

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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Reflections on my Ireland experiences - love it (as a summary).


I didn't know anyone when I came here to Ireland. 

I guess that often happens in my sort of work. 

I am invited and correspond with a stranger to ensure I know the context and the objective and - here I am in a centre with such beautiful humans who are willing to take risks for their own development.

I have two travel days - fly Monday and Saturday and then the rest of the days I am engaged directly with these humans. Pleased to say many are young humans from several countries. Growth does not reside in a place called comfortable so I stretch them with experiential exercises and loads of small groups/reflection/and feedback to the whole group.
Active participation. Everyone contributing. Everyone offering their unique selves. Knowledge, perception, life experience - I am amazed and blessed by their ability to observe and offer analysis which is way beyond my own.

I just love being with them and having long all day sessions.
Such a great climate of trust.
Great learning for us all and highly motivating for me too
More MORE to come as I have only facilitated for two days and it feels like I have been here a week!!






The beautiful humans encountered in Ireland.