Euro4: VIVA conference end on a high
November 21, Monday.
How many great days can one person stand? This has been such a wonderful trip, and the best may be yet to come (but no expectations). I had the privilege of being on the closing panel on Resiliency with Sheela, Katja and Jenny and they all did wonderfully before me, then I closed it with what may have been the best speech of my young life.
First I talked about how the countries today that only have a handful of people involved in the Three Principles are like it was in the old days in the U.S. and Canada, and then 8 or 9 years ago in the U.K. The people in these countries now are pioneers, just as the early 3P people were pioneers then, and look what has happened!
Then in walking over to the VIVA hotel this morning I saw resilience in a new way than I ever saw it before, then told a couple of personal stories from my forthcoming book of how resilience reared its head for me when I had been suffering.
One woman came to me in tears afterwards and told me how much what I said meant to her, and many people afterwards told me how much they loved it. This was good for me because I don’t think giving speeches is my greatest skill.
I had a real nice lunch with Rudi where we started planning on doing a retreat together in Florida. Then when Rudi left I talked to Fredrik a while, and it was real nice to catch up with him.
I lost track of the time and realized I was late for a meeting with Holly back at the other hotel. I hate to be late, so I literally ran back there, found her (she had just gotten there herself), and then we spent part of a beautiful afternoon by the sea walking, talking and getting ice cream. Holly is getting to be a really good friend.
Then I realized I was late for a meeting with Gabriela, Sheela and Katja to plan for our next Spain event, so I literally ran back to the other hotel.
Then we had the closing Viva celebration and more fun singing and dancing. Then a great group buffet dinner at the fabulous Indian restaurant where I totally pigged out.
Finally, as I started walking out of the event with Holly I didn’t see a step in front of me, tripped, and I ended up doing a shoulder roll on the hard sidewalk. Ouch! Since I wasn’t injured too badly, except for a bruised ego, Holly and I had a huge laugh all the way back to the hotel. Anything to make someone happy.
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