In a Very Short Period of Time

Yesterday, Sylvia Margieh and I did a one-day workshop in Klil, Israel.

ONE DAY, just one day. What can you do in one day? Really, quite a lot.

You can make a space for multiple perspectives. You can start out with explosion and distrust of each other and the leaders. You can bring rage and spaciousness and the desire to leave. You can stay. You can slow down when your partner says ANN- “we must slow down to the speed of wisdom.” You can get hurt and hurt others. You can wonder “what are we doing here?” You can be afraid. You can shrink back, and you can speak up. You can notice a rainbow when things are feeling especially hard. You can wonder “what is the point?” You can tell stories about each other and yourselves. And that is the morning.

You can go outside and share food with each other.

You can listen to your wise partner Sylvia, and you can hand all the responsibility for the world that is being created in this room this afternoon, to be in the hands of all, and then you can sit back and watch the magic of creative humans conjuring a new reality. You can decide, no matter what, I am going to stay. You can invite people who you are “enemies” with to play with you. You can move and find the wisdom in your body. You can lie on the floor and turn towards each other. You can say truthful and unpopular things and see that you can survive, you can not resonate and still stay, you can tell a compelling story and then be willing to ask for a new family that includes all the brothers and sisters of this land. You can come together, this new family, and cry and feel your pain together. You can sit in groups and listen to each other. You can give to each other. You can play a song and make a commitment to bring what you learned back to the world. You can say goodbye and be willing to be changed. You can acknowledge that what happened here YOU made happen and if it can happen here, it can happen outside. You can feel full, and tired, and you can marvel at the sky when you leave.

You can go to a quiet place. You can feel like this was a very good day. You can fall into a deep sleep. You can say, good night world, I so hope I see you tomorrow! - ann