Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate,Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness that frightens us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous,handsome, talented or fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God.
Your playing small does not save the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinkingso that other people won't feel insecure around you.
We were born to make manifest the glory of god within usIt is not just in some; it is in everyone.
And, as we let our own light shine, we consciously giveother people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated form our fear, our presence automaticallyliberates others.
Marianne Williamson

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It has been a very busy fall.

Conversations and cafes have been happening. They have not been happening publicly (in the broad sense) - but rather within conferences. I

have done a number of world cafes. Two of them were with Tammy Decarie as part of workshops. Both of them were about looking differently at partnerships. They were about looking at how ready we are personally to move into being partners in new ways. One was with folks from the Family Support Institute of Ontario (FSIO) and the other with Building Equitable Partnerships.

I also had Mandy come to facilitate a world cafe for parent activists and agency staff involved with the Families Are Important Resources project. We talked about how do we be the change we want to see.

That is an interesting question. One that I hope we explore together in public spaces in the coming year.