OUTSIDE? I am not outside!

This is how it happened in my mind, after one week...

I did stand up, I went to the middle of the circle, took the 'talking piece' and said...


This was OUR circle...

Rain fell in a monastry. The young monks gathered their things and ran quickly inside the temple. Looking back the last of them noticed an older monk still sitting out by the gate. "Master, why do you stay outside in the rain?", heshouted. The master replied,
"Outside?... I am not outside".

It seems years ago, but it was just one week ago that I attended the Art of Hosting seminar (www.artofhosting.org)


The magic place where the experience was hosted!

It seems years ago because things have sink in me as if they have been there since always, since the beginning of time, since the beginning of my life. And most probably it is that way. I knew it all, but I forgot.

It was hard for me to keep up in the team spirit that was being built within the participants. I felt outside, in the rain.

It was necessary one conversation, just one conversation - open and honest - to realize that I was not outside!

Thanks to all of you that allowed me to be here and there, with no criticism, giving me the space I needed so badly, giving me the time to center myself again and get grounded. Today I feel my balance has returned, and that gives me power, power and even bigger responsibilities.


The warrior and the midwife in all of us, screaming out loud to us - 'let us co-exist!'

Thanks for listening...


should I add anything here?

For sharing your stories...


So easy to forget...

For caring and smiling - without pushing, without trying hard, just letting it be.


I am not outside, neither alone!

Let the circle be open, always...

And I went to the center, I put the 'talking piece' back and I sat.



Me, just shinning... it si good to be, just that, to be...

Dey

PATHS on my calendar

I use a dayly calendar to keep myself on track of all the things that together comprise my life... It is a calendar on diversity. Every day there is a message, something simple and cool. i.e. yesterday's message was: "SONG. Is there any song on your mind? Find the lyrics on the internet and lear to sign it properly!" Somedays is about a traditional festival in different cultures, food, etc, etc...

Today the message was:

"PATHS. In the woods some paths look very used and you think if follow them you could come out somewhere, because apparently many people already went there.

But sometimes you discover they do not lead anywhere and you have to go all the way back!

Well, if everyone goes back the same way, the way look used, but they do not lead you anywhere!

I wonder if it is only with wood paths..."

I believe sometimes you have to take a risky path, a path that doesn't exist, a path that you have to create for you and for others after you.

Lately I have been finding myself more and more as a path creator.

It is a lonely way of living, but a regarding one.

Take the risk!

Choose to create your own path!

Yours,

Dey

The creation of Spaces

Monday and Tuesday this week were a blast for me!

I got the internal feeling that I didn't want to come to the office anymore... and I wasn't sure why. I like my job, I like what I do, I love the idea behind every single second that I spend at the office, with my team, with my dreams, with my day to day contribution to make a better world around me, for me and for others.

My day to day contribution to make this world a better space to co-exist with others...

And I review the whole process as a film. I sat down and visualized the complete process from when the alarm rings every morning and I wake up till I sit down at my desk. And I got shocked when I became aware that I didn't like the space we call office, where I spend most of my time lately.

I decided to make a difference!

Today, I am happily working in our AI office. It looks beautiful, clean, full of live! There are flowers and plants all over the place, we have a corner to play criket, ping pong table, a clean kitchen, 'It's up to you!' posters around...

Today the office breath a new atmosphere, for me and my team.

This space invites us to come and enjoy what we do, because we love what we do, but also because the space is a open invitation to joy and excitment.

Check work working space, your room, your home. See how can you create magic around you, that helps a lot.

And send us postcards from your countries to have in our office, we have designed a special place for them here, we want your presence in our space.

After lastest team days, I discover that appart from cooking, my magic is also about creating spaces, and I have been helping my team to re-decorate their rooms, their home here in Rotterdam.

When was the last time that you got to a place and you felt that call to relax and actively enjoy life?

Remember that moment and be aware of the power of magical spaces. Be aware of it and transform the spaces around you, and through that
support yourself to keep up that inner smile that makes you sooooooo beautiful.

Yours,

Dey