Reflections

It has been a very eye opening journey as I have identified my own strengths and weaknesses in communication.  I have appreciated the comments and post for my colleagues who have not only challenged me by their own honest reflection but have also encouraged me in knowing that we are on similar journeys for the sake of making this world a better place!

Saying Good-bye

 In my experience high-performing groups are hard to leave.  I think the highest performing group that I have had to leave was a band that I was in.  We were very diverse but came together based on the love for music and similar values.  We spent a great deal of time together and formed close relationships.  The relationships were sometimes messy and we had to put a lot of energy and effort into accepting these differences and making it work.  I think this is what made it so hard to say good-bye.  So much of our lives were invested in each other and reaching our common goals.  We did not really have a closing ritual but instead the last few times we got together we got into arguments.  I think because we subconsciously were trying to push each other away in order to prepare ourselves emotionally.  In hind sight I think it would have been much more effective to have a party, show videos of our past concerts and spend time remembering,  If we had taken time to express our feelings even mourn the loss I think it would have provided closure for us.  Discussion of future plans and dreams would have helped us celebrate and be happy for one another.