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Homeward Bound
Today is a travel day. I’m heading home from the first global Co-Active Summit. At present I’m curled into my airplane seat somewhere over the great Midwest of the United States. All is quiet save the consistent thrum of the engines.
Karen and Henry Kimsey-House sharing the Love in a general session. Photo by Johan Premfors.
It feels strange. . .the quiet. After the sound and power of the past 3 days, it feels odd and a little lonely. All across the globe people are making the same journey. . .making their way home and navigating that interesting transition back into real time and the day to day.
In my mind’s eye, I carry snapshots of people and events that nourish and inspire me. These images of moments frozen in time capture the deeper heart, the essence of any experience. I love to run the fingers of my mind slowly over these memories as one would run a hand over a piece of exquisitely carved furniture, appreciating the beauty and the satisfying feel of the smooth, polished wood.
I carry so many of these images from the Summit. Representatives from 22 (yes, that’s right TWENTY TWO) different countries. Countless people hugging me, thanking me and telling me how CTI changed their life. Kevin Cashman deep in conversation with a group of people from four different continents, two translating the conversation into their own language so that others could understand. Lynne Twist on the dance floor leading us all in the Hustle. People coming out of different pathways laughing, arguing, engaged, and in the case of “Coaching that Moves You”, SWEATY and glowing.
In our opening general session the gentle gurgles of Ellory, who at 8 months, was our youngest attendee. The dignity and proud grace of Margo House (Henry’s mother) who, at 83, was our eldest. Sabrina and her guitar singing us sweetly home. Henry’s face shining at the end of the Akashic Reading on Co-Active’s place in the world. Kevin Cashman telling us that we “have a core competency in Love”. Lynne Twist, galvanizing us all into action with 4YearsGo. www.fouryearsgo.org.
All these memories and so many more will nourish me in the days and years to come.
In the end however, it was the Love that blew me away. We were washed with Love. It carried us, nourished us, pointed us, and transformed us. I saw it bouncing out of the faces of people. I felt it bursting in my own heart. It filled the hotel and spilled over to the ocean where the waves carried and spread all that love far and wide. Love. Such a simple thing really. So natural, to love one another. When we choose it, so easy.
As the Summit came to a close, many people asked me how I was feeling. “Wow, you must be delighted. Excited. Proud.” Yes, of course. . .all that and more than I can find the words to say. Mostly though, I felt gratitude. Immense gratitude for the privilege of serving this work, for the people who have come to be a part of it and will come in the years ahead. Huge gratitude for all of you who came to Marco Island to help create magic and to all of you who sent your love and intention to this time.
I love the phrase from Systems work. . .“myth change”. This is when the story of a person, a couple of a group changes completely. This Global Co-active Summit was a myth change for Co-active in the world. However you choose to express it, you are a part of that unfolding story and you matter.
The reverberations of the Co-active Summit continue. Many emails and blog postings. A Facebook page was sent up by a participant to capture the commitment of Summit attendees: http://tinyurl.com/5wjncaf.
There will be more to come. Much more. For now, it is enough to know that we stand shoulder to shoulder in our commitment to creating a new dream for our world.
Much love,
KKH
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