Welcome back for another Victorian Salon: this one centered on us- the community- having the solutions. We need to offer each other support during hard times and know what we have to offer and the many opportunities out there. Please RSVP so we have enough place settings!
We will have a lovely potluck dinner - please indicate what you are bringing so we can post the menu in advance. We do have vegetarians and vegans so please label dishes as such and take that under consideration.
We can learn a lot about others by practicing active listening. We can listen to solve problems or listen to allow venting. This will be an exercise in those differences so we can practice being invited to offer our solutions for other people’s problems. As someone with innate problem solving desires and an over active mind, I find this difficult. However, people do best when they solve their own problems and embrace the solutions themselves.
The evening will include curated conversations exploring these topics:
1. What are your personal values and priorities? Pair up: these are things that you are sharing and not asking feedback on. You’ll both learn to set that boundary .
2. What is one thing you have been trying to make happen but have faced barriers? Please list what you have tried to overcome the barriers. Choose something you’d like to hear opinions on. Pair up: share your problem of practice , listen and practice offering solutions.
3. What do we have to offer each other for free or trade? This can be brought to the event as an abundance of the physical , a promise of connection or support, a service to enrich others. This is important as we can see what we have is likely someone else needs and can be reciprocated. This will be a table with things that can be shared (can be free like wildflowers picked off the side of the road, a note that contains lovely words, etc), a sheet with tear off slips. A verbal share, a demonstration, a blessing- whatever you are inspired to give of yourself. This practice is learning that you are part of the solution as are others.
Music and spoken word by:
Rik the whitebird
Hope
Adam
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