*A LOVE Message from Harrison Owen* Open Space helped me wear my heart on my sleeve, instead of hiding or repressing it. Little wonder that I fell madly in love with Open Space in 2009. Perhaps not surprising that this past January, shortly after the Peace and High Performance gathering where he spoke so beautifully, Harrison called me asking that I extend a message from him upon his death. I transcribed our conversation after we spoke, planning to share it on April 8th. Suddenly today as we look forward to being together, I felt find myself pulled to speak his words now. “When that happens, he said, I’d like you to go on the OS list (our Open Space community listserv, decades old) or wherever to tell everyone”: *How much I love them!! And that I’ve had a good life. * Here an excerpt of what I wrote to myself after that poignant conversation: “In that moment, the magnitude of his words seemed to hang in the air. I could feel his deep love for all of us. I knew that he felt our love for him too. Our conversation continued, as natural as could be, more precious than words could ever describe. He spoke of endings and new beginnings, familiar subject matter to his recent talks, written and spoken — most recently expressed at the January 2024 annual gathering of “Opening Space for Peace and High Performance”. Here the *link <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j6pkKwpOFk> *to his last talk to us at the annual gathering held during or close to the Martin Luther King Holiday. At the end, Audrey Hepburn from China spoke for all of us when she said: “I love you, Harrison.” His voice broke and we could feel his deep emotion. It's what I also felt when he called me on January 17 th at 11 am. Hopefully you can join us on April 8th, to share your stories of Open Space and times with Harrison. Gentle, informal, and intimate, what better way to honor him and his storytelling. Soon it will be our turn to share stories~ about him and our times in Open Space. Invitation link here <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WGaX9945DArrIrpNBbJ-vefIDaNMKMUO/view?usp=sharing> . See posting on the Open Space Technology Facebook with this same message and photos of Harrison at a precious Wave Rider gathering in Orillia Ontario from 2009 hosted by Larry Peterson.

Thank you, Suzanne. for keeping up the connections and passing them along! May the great ride on the waves continue!😍 Gail On Thu, Apr 4, 2024 at 12:25 AM Suzanne Daigle via OSList < everyone@oslist.org> wrote: > > *A LOVE Message from Harrison Owen* > > Open Space helped me wear my heart on my sleeve, instead of hiding or > repressing it. Little wonder that I fell madly in love with Open Space in > 2009. > > Perhaps not surprising that this past January, shortly after the Peace and > High Performance gathering where he spoke so beautifully, Harrison called > me asking that I extend a message from him upon his death. > > I transcribed our conversation after we spoke, planning to share it on > April 8th. Suddenly today as we look forward to being together, I felt find > myself pulled to speak his words now. > > “When that happens, he said, I’d like you to go on the OS list (our Open > Space community listserv, decades old) or wherever to tell everyone”: > > *How much I love them!! And that I’ve had a good life. * > > Here an excerpt of what I wrote to myself after that poignant conversation: > > “In that moment, the magnitude of his words seemed to hang in the air. I > could feel his deep love for all of us. I knew that he felt our love for > him too. Our conversation continued, as natural as could be, more precious > than words could ever describe. He spoke of endings and new beginnings, > familiar subject matter to his recent talks, written and spoken — most > recently expressed at the January 2024 annual gathering of “Opening Space > for Peace and High Performance”. > > Here the *link <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j6pkKwpOFk> *to his last > talk to us at the annual gathering held during or close to the Martin > Luther King Holiday. At the end, Audrey Hepburn from China spoke for all of > us when she said: “I love you, Harrison.” His voice broke and we could > feel his deep emotion. It's what I also felt when he called me on January 17 > th at 11 am. > > Hopefully you can join us on April 8th, to share your stories of Open > Space and times with Harrison. Gentle, informal, and intimate, what better > way to honor him and his storytelling. Soon it will be our turn to share > stories~ about him and our times in Open Space. > > Invitation link here > <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WGaX9945DArrIrpNBbJ-vefIDaNMKMUO/view?usp=sharing> > . > > See posting on the Open Space Technology Facebook with this same message > and photos of Harrison at a precious Wave Rider gathering in Orillia > Ontario from 2009 hosted by Larry Peterson. > OSList mailing list -- everyone@oslist.org > To unsubscribe send an email to everyone-leave@oslist.org > See the archives here: https://oslist.org/empathy/list/everyone.oslist.org -- *Gail West* email) icataiw@gmail.com www.icatw.com