Week4 Response to Rhonda

Rhonda's Post:

Getting to the “We Story”

The Art of Possibility has created the opportunity for so many reflections.  There are so many ways in life that we teach.  Engaging with others is a journey of experiencing how our stories and our understandings lead us along the paths we share.  Chapter nine begins with the term of enrollment.  Defining it as a practice of generating a spark of possibility for others to share (p125).  I think that is significant.  We create the possibility for connections, relationships, bonds or what ever they are called to exist.  We are the creators of the experience.

With that in mind I think it is also important to understand that the author did a good job of introducing Rule #6 early in the book.  Allowing the reader to adapt a perspective first of not taking thyself to seriously.  Giving us permission to ease up and release some of the tension that may be held in places we’ve not yet discovered.  Having the space to relax and realize that life is a journey and each part of the journey is offering something to have, hold, and learn.  Chapters nine and ten create some interesting thoughts of mindset, definitions, and legal spheres as influential in the stories we unfold.

I particularly liked page 146 Turning attention to what we want to see happen, with none paid to what you need to win, fight, or fix.  If we were to live with that in mind would the experiences we have be forever changed?  There is a lot to be said, as on page 147, for the world of measurement and its amplification of the process of life.  Getting to the story of we takes the whole book.  Each chapter and all that are described.  Getting to the end of a good book is sometimes a realization of how we have connected to the story, the characters, and the possibility that things in life can be what we choose to create and have a meaning beyond the scope of one particular perspective.

Embracing all of life to me has become the path that leads to peace.

My comment:

Rhonda,
I'm glad you seemed to like this book - and you're absolutely right about embracing all of life. I think it's truly the only way to appreciate everyone around us. I too liked that part on 146  - shifting the focus of our thought to what we'd like to see happen rather than see a battle in front of us. I think that's a great way to approach teaching and really all situations in life.
Michael