Hello to all the women who gathered for Constellations of Hope:

It has been nearly a month since we gathered for Constellations of Hope. We have all had some opportunity to integrate and reflect upon our time together. Some observations have been shared with the whole group by e-mail and others have been sent individually to us as conveners. Our private conversations indicate that much has been stirred up by our time and process together.

One of those communications has come from Delia Tamez, who has been guided that we should co-create a 'united book' with reflections and learning from each of us -- a collaborative effort which could harvest some of the wisdom arising in our circle to be shared with a larger community. We four are not really clear yet how we will put the responses together in a creative, useful way. We are open to your suggestions.

You are invited to write some of your personal reflections and learnings in a concise, creative way. We are not looking here for evaluative feedback on the venue, facilitation or process. This would be a deeper, authentic sharing about what you experienced and learned.

Listed below are some prompts and questions just to get you started. You might be stimulated by one of these or be inspired by another impulse.

~Your insights and reflects gained about self and others
~How the sharing felt
~How the different modalities felt
~What prompted you to do and see things differently?
~What ideas, inspirations, pictures or visions came to you about collaboration or co-creating?
~How do powerful, insightful thoughts or feeling still linger in your mind, heart or spirit?
~How will you implement your new found knowledge about diversity, dialogue across cultures or leadership styles experienced?
~What ways do heightened awareness connect you to land, air, or water in your own neighborhood?
~Has the meaning of community expanded in your context or spheres of influence in any way?
~What insights have you gained about doing your personal work or your organizational work or your relationship to family and community?
~In listening to our life narratives, what are the elements critical to the Culture of Peace?
~What you learned about separation and unity

Your contribution can be posted on the Bulletin Board at the Constellations of Hope LightPage (using your personal link below) or e-mailed to katheschaaf@cox.net who will post them for you.

We hope those who are specially gifted will use creative forms such as art or poetry to express what you have learned. We may not use all the responses in their entirety but may choose to extract portions. Authors will be named unless you request that your contribution be included anonymously.

We encourage you to speak from your heart in 500 words or less (about the length of this message). You may be inspired to write more than one reflection.

We remain grateful for your wisdom and integrity.

Regina Birchem
Dorothy Ettling
Kathy Wanpovi Sanchez
Kathe Schaaf