Observer and the observed

  When I Met with Acceptance in My Facilitation Journey Today, I want to share my thoughts and experiences around acceptance. In my last training session, I became very reflective about my acceptance skills. I kept asking myself, Do I truly have acceptance, or do I simply say that I accept things quickly? One thing I realized is that when someone shares their thoughts, I accept them — but often I follow up with questions. Perhaps this makes others feel that I haven’t truly accepted what they said. Let me take you back to that training. After the tea break, a participant from another batch joined my session. I asked him to return to his group, but he didn’t want to leave. So I decided to proceed with my session. However, my attention kept shifting to him. His presence was changing the dynamic of the group, and I began feeling like I was losing my ability to hold the group together. For almost thirty minutes, this participant created disturbances, and I found myself strugglin...