Off to a good start

RantWoman is SO happy. RantWoman's Meeting is big enough to need to do spiritual sharing groups every year just to create small enough clumps for meaningful sharing. RantWoman has been in two, one that she really enjoyed but whose other members all moved away or disappeared and one that did not gel enough to keep meeting. Then for TWO years, RantWoman has put her name on the signup sheet and not gotten paired into a group. RantWoman is perfectly okay with things just not happening. RantWoman supposes she could have been more assertive. The point is just that RantWoman really needs small semi-intentional clumps of people to discuss her spiritual life with and this has NOT happened two years in a row.

Comes this year. Another sign-up sheet. An email with a list of names and someone designated to convene. Some emails about things just not working for February. Then last week, RantWoman dug out the latest email while following up something else and sent a query to follow up. Bingo!

A meeting got scheduled. Directions got emailed out. True, enroute RantWman had to call one of her dial-a-directory services for some details she misremembered and then had to call the host. But everyone came. Everyone brought their calendars. When we looked at the guidelines and people's summer travel plans, we realized that we would have to meet more often than once a month to get in the recommended number of meetings before summer schedules took over--and everyone was agreeable. Then everyone got out their calendars. The three people with cat allergies and no cats in household traded off about hosting. And before we did anything else, we scheduled the recommended number of meetings.

RantWoman cannot explain exactly why this disciplined, businesslike dispatch about calendar matters and intentional spiritual work fills her heart so deeply with joy. At this point, RantWoman does not even feel a need to explain. RantWoman simply wants to marvel and celebrate.

As if miracles of calendaring were not enough, we had time left over to divide up equally and tackle some of the suggested queries for 10 minuts apiece with the help of a kitchen timer for a talking stick. RantWoman can already tell from what came up in 10 minutes each that there will be much deep listening and sharing to come. RantWoman thinks she is going to be VERY grateful.