By Nicole Colvin.
I would like to share a bit about my experience at the recent forum which occurred…
(Items in quotes are from notes taken in 2011 during a Nonviolent Communications training)
“Amazing openings happen when people are coming from a place of universal human needs”
I felt both a powerful and a subtle shift occurred at this forum when people spoke their truth- … deep listening.
“The purpose of this system is to create connection”
It was clear to me that there is so much love in our greater community.
That we want to hold space for each other with care, integrity and respect.
We love each other.
“What is it in the message that is singing?”
“What is beautifully singing through the words?”
Through the eyes, the tears, the passionate heart felt words-
Love. Connection.
Love>Fear.
“One of my (Nicole’s) needs is for others to be held with care and to be heard.”
I heard a deep call to honor my truth and to speak out, to speak to the place where things were still alive in the field for my sisters, and to tend to them, rather than walk away… Heart pounding, emotion flowing, sitting in the fire, truth sharing.
It was met and received. A dance of heart happened where everything changed in a moment.
A new seed was planted.
That brings so much hope
For all of us.
I find myself crying reading this, and the other posts. I can feel my own connection into the field that we are, my own longing to come together in community, and my own grief of isolation.
Thank you for being a voice…and a heart Nicole.
We are all connected…and we can feel the work that went on in the field…even if we weren’t there in person!
Shelley Harrison
Canada
Yes, dear Nicole, YOUR voice sings beautifully for our community and YOUR heart invites care and connection.
With gratitude,
Christine Staub
North Carolina