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Jul 17, 2025 09:41PM

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just so you know, in the monthly poetry circle I co-organize, I am the one who picks the monthly (optional) theme for the poems we write and share. and I try to listen to intuition on this and i enjoy doing this kind of listening within to select things.
and i think that sharing a brief quote to close the "circle" will also give us all a feeling of energetic closure. especially after the meditation.
I shared yesterday that I feel as if i am holding space for the facilitator ahd group and this would also help me release this.
or I could open with this and whoever leads the meditation could close with one. but I agree it is a lot to put on the facilitator or meditation leader unless they feel strongly led.
I am feeling for me it would be a labor of love.

and let it go at end.

Out of respect for our most capable and experienced facilitators and how they wish to structure their book discussions, might I suggest they discuss whether the start or end of the meeting is better for your new part (you can see my background is academia, so I see the facilitator as the teacher and their discussion facilitation as their classroom).
The Book Selection Committee, which includes all the facilitators, is meeting in early August and could talk this over. How does that sound?
Thank you for continuing to make our meetings even better.
Smith
P.s. I do hope we can keep the meetings to approximately an hour and 15 minutes as the format solidifies.
Smith Jackson wrote: "Great idea, Laurie! A quote would be great, or we might give the membership an opportunity to post short quotes, poems, etc. in Goodreads from which you might select one to close the meeting. It se..."
Linda Champion shared her very moving poem.
Linda Champion shared her very moving poem.
Smith Jackson wrote: "Hi again, Laurie, I think you are the perfect person to take on identifying and delivering a quote or other inspiring piece. It would improve the meeting and I appreciate your willingness to commit..."
I noticed that we went over 1 1/4 hours and did almost 1 1/2 hours, which is fine with me. But Meditation Chapel has us booked for 1 1/4 hours. Is it problematic if we go by a few minutes? They schedule a lot of events but it's my guess they wouldn't be using our zoom room until 2:30. However, we don't want to overstay our welcome.
I noticed that we went over 1 1/4 hours and did almost 1 1/2 hours, which is fine with me. But Meditation Chapel has us booked for 1 1/4 hours. Is it problematic if we go by a few minutes? They schedule a lot of events but it's my guess they wouldn't be using our zoom room until 2:30. However, we don't want to overstay our welcome.

I could do either. but in my opinion it does make sense for facilitator to close off the session. or maybe the meditation leader if someone different.
and will leave it up to the committee.

