Today

Acknowledgments: dance partners, on line friends, good deed traffic, organizing self for the week so I have the space for my students and others without feeling pressured, went to Starbucks this morning and left $1 to pay towards the next person's order, tipped $1 in the general tipping container.

Invitation to Nadine to attend home introduction for Wisdom, and Brian for the community event as a follow through for both of them since they are keenly interested. Will speak to Matina, Heather, Melissa on Monday and let them have the info for the community event so they can schedule it as well. Will invite Jacqui as well.

Two day

Last night was simply amazing. Lots of great costumes, easy to give acknowledgments of creativity, appreciation, also gave acknowledgement to a beginning dancer with clunky shoes - showing her the steps and saw she was trying hard to learn and make it part of her muscle memory. Enrolment conversation with the bartender in terms of swing dancing, she enjoyed watching us and is signing herself and her husband up this year. Took tons of photos of everyone enjoying themselves. All good. Good deed, requesting a guy to join in the general lesson since females outnumbered guys, and also stepping off the beginners dance floor for the same reason - sharing Mike.

Yesterday, I had an enrolling conversation with C my student. Madame made it into class late - like 10 minutes into announcements late. She ran screaming down the hallway because someone threw water over her and she went to get revenge. When I told her she was tardy she became defiant and I asked her to step outside. I can see how her life is drama, and my life is drama and that I created and added to her drama.

We went outside and talked about being tardy, and mostly being defiant. It took a while to calm her down, slow down my rate of speech, lower my voice to almost monotone to bring her to a listening level. My request to her was to self-monitor her triggers, what she might want to say, how her body is feeling when she is triggered, and what might come up for her as she begins to enter her cognitive analyses. This is where it was a moment for education comes in as opposed to writing her up for defiance. Using the screwdriver as opposed to the hammer. There was a shift in her way of listening for me since I was not making her wrong, just opening up doors of possibilities for her to consider.

Upon reflection, whenever I have someone in the hallway to talk, I will have them just outside my door, facing me to protect them from other students in the hallway, and from prying eyes inside the classroom. I will also drop my voice consistently and that will also keep myself in check.

Today, my acknowledgments are mostly via email since I was checking my messages this morning, conversation with Mike, my good deed right now would be mostly driving, letting cars cut in, weave, allowing lots of space yet keeping up with the flow. Forwarding mail that would make a difference to future recipients.

Two day

Wednesday: Club Red, acknowledged dance partners, students, good deed, set up David and Dianne to dance together, loudly clapped and whooped up both the teachers, partners, and live band - added festive joyous atmosphere to dance floor. Acknowledgement in smiles and laughter.

Thursday: acknowledged class for their work on geometric solids, values, and let them know their cow skulls will be exhibited in the Horror hall of fame. Good deed, let car cut in front in traffic, held door open just long enough to be grabbed, had students sweep up and clean off their outside work tables - leaving it cleaner than when they started working.

Catching Up

Monday: Went to Living Life Passionately, introduced and acknowledged Les and Paul who came to see what the program could offer. Both liked what they heard and created for themselves. It was great to have them there. John approached me to work with him on the Production Team and I declined, thanked him for his acknowledgment of me.

Good deed: allowing space in traffic for smoother flow of cars weaving and changing lanes

Tuesday: Acknowledged the classes for being great, extraordinary, setting high standards and being amazing high school art students. Noticed how Cally lightened up around me. Noticed how much I've lightened up since that's the hint from our Monday night class. I am pulling towards myself that I accept everything that my life is and everything that my life is not, and totally bringing myself back to the miraculous of my life and it's beauty in the ordinary every dayness of it. I am smiling, my body language is upbeat, happy, everything just flows evenly. Negative folk really has no impact on who I am being. It's awesome.

Good deed: being joyful energy to those I come into contact with, shift their experience of their own world and be that for those around them. The ripple effect.

Weekend Review

Friday night at the Fear Farm was stupendous, spooks, gruesome ghouls, amazing props, working together in collaboration to get even more lost in a labarynth of corn, like being a corn child gave me lots of laughs, screams. I totally gave up controlling screams and just went ahead and let it all out with laughs following shortly behind. It was a blast. Friends everywhere to count on for even more fun. Loads of acknowledgements to everyone around me. What a blast. Good deed, taking annonymous happy snappies to capture those memories of I was there - unposed, being in the moment of... sneak shots.

Saturday night: dinner at Tipps 88, acknowledged our hostess and Linda for her greatness in who she was being. Had an enrolling conversation with Linda about pursuing her dreams and fulfilling her heart in possibilities: teaching fashion design at SCC was one such thought. Conversations vanish. I will email her and remind her of her dream course: So you wanna be a designer. Good deed, returning chairs after dinner when everyone left, cheering loudly while hiding in the crowd for the karaoke singers, inspiring others to give hearty claps at the end of performances in acknowledgment of their courage and talent.

Sunday morning: breakfast at The Farm, acknowledgment of Natalie for hosting, those who set up for their service and our enjoyment of the establishment. Good deed, my sleeping and resting so I will be fresh and present for any and everyone tonight at the convention. Giving Tess Harry and Jennifer's phone number for MU so she knows how to get there and not get lost. I also asked what everyone's initiative was to re-present it in their world.

Great Day

Acknowledgment: Deanna, John, Tim, on line, added them to my friends list.

My community: looked at the rock climbing page and familiarized myself with the attendants so when I see them tonight at the Fear Farm I will remember them and be less strange in communication. Good deed: printed out the list of class participants for the course I'm teaching and will prepare their self-portraits in advance, tweaking it before getting together with the co-presenter.

Today, will head off to school to finish off prepping work for exhibiting. Can't believe how time is zooming by so fast. Oh, will collage that listening stage.

Productive Day

Today was highly productive. I recognized Nina for being so competent in her job, loving it, and rising to the occasion of filling a niche in the organization, worked in the classroom for 8 straight hours prepping, grading, putting work on black construction paper ready to exhibit at the front office. Good deed, switching on the copy machines and leaving it on for the next person (it's a holiday). Spent the remainder of the day catching up with 27 email at home.

Wednesday was terrific, we went rock climbing, met bunches of new people: John, Trish, Kevin, Deanna. Jeff said he already knew me - as in 3x. I really ought to say hi to folk and let them tell me if they already know me, that's what happens when I'm super friendly, folk just seem to always remember meeting me. Acknowledged Tim, Paul, John, Deanna, Mike, Harry. Really fun and playful, lots of smiles and chuckles. It was an easy evening that flowed effortlessly. Good deed, undoing straps, lines, harnesses in preparation for the next person.

I love, love, love my life.

enrolling conversation with xracing car driver, Les who is intrigued by Landmark and what it offers for myself, invited him to an intro on Monday.

Good Deed

Today my good deed was to create a place in my LLP group such that the hearing for the group leader is one of acceptance, love, and generosity. To switch how we listen for her as possibility and create an environment that is acceptance for everything we all are and everything we are not. That we choose each other and be there for each other. I walked away complete as did everyone, and I liked how the one individual who was going to drop out of the group because of how the leader was being took on the role of enrolling others into love and acceptance of the group leader and being a stand that she is the one who is folded into the group. We evolved from a group of no possibility to one where everything is possible simply because of what we are up to.

I acknowledged Joe, Matina, Heather's son, Heather, Devorah, Tim

Devorah acknowledge me for continuing my work and being the difference that makes the difference in people's lives.

Enrollment conversations with Matina, Heather, Melissa for Wisdom weekend. Brian is also intent on attending. Social: breakfast at the Farm with Natalie, Deenie, Eileen.

Last Night, Today

Last night was splendid, ball gowns, black suits, amazing food, gorgeous dinner settings and chairs draped in kimono style gold sashes. I got to meet Ms Senior Arizona, and other famous celebrities, and also was recognized by some other individual who met me in passing. I had an enrollment conversation with Jerry, Sharon's boyfriend for whom his family was splintered and he wanted it whole and complete. That was cool. I acknowledged Margie for her exquisite taste in ball gowns and being an accomplished dancer.

My good deed was quietly asking Paul to dance with Sandy who had only been on the dance floor once that evening.

Acknowledgments returning: Al, Sandy, Dr Michael

Sunday: I had conversation with Mike thanking him for an amazing evening, his outstanding dance performance, and just overall him being himself. We have a pact that we will never presume to know everything about the other for as long as we are in process as a relationship, that we allow each other the space to continually change and be-come, evolve. I commit to and choose Mike.

I have an outstanding life, last night I got to wear a splendid gown that swishes when spun - way fun on the dance floor, and be in a space where the evening was about Mike, and then later about us.

Today, Deenie shared that I am an illuminator. I had an impact on the environment in Starbucks this morning, that my shared giggles type acknowledgment of the young lady serving coffee brought about multitude of smiles in the room - switched how people were being (distant, removed) to that of joy and enjoyment as they waited in line for their turn.

Life is celebration

State Fair

Friday is always a high energy, restless day for students, and twice that when it's before the break. Kids had a hard time settling. My acknowledgment of their frustrations, their ability to stay focused and bring themselves back into their work helped settle the class. I also asked Ms Davido to hand out candy as a thank you to them for being such great workers. Friday was great and zoomed by so quickly. Good deed: traffic, letting cars cut in.

I went to the State Fair with Mike and acknowledged strangers for their contribution in their work, asked the ticket person how their day was going, showed an interest in who they were really seeing them perk up and light up their face is my reward. We lost our group of friends and enjoyed the rest of the evening watching the First Nations rodeo - bucking horses and pulling steers to the ground events.

Walking through the midway and hearing Mike talk about the "trickster" aspect of running the kiosks totally brought back to me that when one kills possibility there is no place for possibility and that I am empowered to bring the conversation of possibility. Conversation happens the way it does because of me, and what I choose to create. I talked about the multitude of possibilities of celebration, promise, lights, excitement that happens in the midway and switched the tone and content of the conversation. It became a vital, alive place to be in and lifted spirits. I saw Jeanifer (about whom the group - including myself have a lot of noise and I get that I choose her as group leader and I choose to accept how she is being in the face of circumstances), and offered to have her join my group to explore the State Fair. She declined and I was okay with that answer too.

Noise, I get to hear others noise in conversation and can see where it can be triggered.

Saturday. Today, we went for coffee and I met Barbara the lady who owns Bailey her horse that she loves to care for in the weekends, and by acknowledging her love of ownership she shared more about her passion for horseriding. I met Laura the editor who is interested in swing dance lessons and perhaps I might see her at Club Red, ready to explore something different. I notice today that I can readily receive acknowledgments from Mike and I allow him to do nice things for me. It's all good.

Tonight, I'm off to a celebrity swing $200 black tie benefit as Mike's guest - truly excited by that. This time last year going to such an event was not in my vision. I knew I would have an opportunity to wear my gown, just didn't think it would be this soon.

Acknowledgment

Today I had to presence my initiative, it helps that I journal. Writing keeps the conversation in the forefront so I can make it happen. Today, I received acknowledgments from Trish - on line. Yesterday, from students from a class I was substitute teaching - they wanted me to be on board with them. I was at play yesterday and a little less today.

Tomorrow I will be at ease around the students on their last Friday before the break. Good deed - returning the grocery cart, clearing the mess outside of the classroom, having the students pick up papers from the floor. Last night, asking a newcomer to ask Charlie to dance, since Charlie is a great dancer and tends to hide out.

Lots of fun all round, great days. Tonight early night.

I noticed I'm having a hard time receiving acknowledgments. I can feel myself shutting down around receiving them from someone close to me, like I don't deserve them. Really interesting.

Noise, noise, noise - I could hear a student's noise as he wanted to do his work his way and did not want to switch over to any other way of working. He even cursed me, and I did not react, just described his feelings and how I was a stand for his success, sending him back to the table. It felt healthy.

Weekend 4

The weekend was glorious with Wisdom insights and wows. 7 Stages of language to consider in any conversation that we want to have an impact in - that's powerful stuff. It is Wednesday and my initiative is taking off really well.

Acknowledgment: sometimes I just do it so naturally, I really have to think where and how, they become to me like breathing and there is a shift not only in the person, but also in me when it's given.

Result: Yesterday, I was invited to a Hawaiin Luaua by Lisa - and I don't really know her, had to click on her name to figure out who she was. I acknowledged, declined the offer and she emailed me back to let me know she would invite me again. Way cool.

This morning, Harry wanted a ride to swing dancing which I cleared with Mike. I acknowledged Harry in my response and he in turn acknowledged me back for all the work I do, and decided to get there on his own steam.

My homework is to collage the 7 stages of conversation, do the initiative and journal, be at play with the socials. I posted the socials online and have had no takers which means I will need to go out and hook up with someone else's social. I will check out what's going online.

Good deed: return grocery carts to their bay. Have students pick up their trash off the floor so the custodian has less cleaning up to do, and it teaches them to be responsible.