Contrary AGAIN

Spin Doctor: RantWoman, your Meeting is the mother ship for half the Meetings in your Yearly Meeting. Why the heck you gotta write about this stuff all over your blog?

RantWoman: RantWoman is really glad this item is appearing in her Meeting's weekly bulletin. RantWoman is really grateful that the Meeting environment does not rely only on "Everybody knows that...." Still, just because we all mean well, does not guarantee... Judge for yourselves.


Clearness Committees for All: Reminder! Is your life too hectic for one more thing? Are you a bit self-conscious about asking some friends to focus on you for an evening? Can’t think of a momentous decision to mull over with a clearness committee? Lighten up!
Imagine an evening with a couple of friends helping you think through some things about your life, kind of a massage for you your soul. We now have over 30 wonderful people willing to facilitate clearness committees. Over 15 people have taken advantage this opportunity in the last year or so. Reports from the sessions are glowing! A Friend got very helpful, clarifying questions to help her think about retirement. And a member of her committee said it was wonderful, she felt so much closer to the friend seeking clearness. With all the crises we are facing, let’s support each other in finding clearness in dealing constructively and lovingly with them. We trust that this process will give encouragement and support to our members and attenders to take stock of how we live our lives as Friends, to think creatively about the challenges we face and to bring our community closer together. To get started contact a member of Oversight Committee. They will each have a list of clearness facilitators. Oversight Members include...


So WHAT is the problem?

Maybe RantWoman is just especially lugubrious. Or maybe RantWoman's life is too full of Jerry Springer / Caso Cerrado / telenovela moments.

RantWoman is imagining opening questions like:

--Is globalization sending your entire industry offshore?

--Are you worried about the welfare of a child or vulnerable adult in your life?

--Is a member of your household being stalked by a mentally ill person?

--Have you experienced a life-changing medical event?

--Are you seasoning a leading toward Quaker service in a far-off war zone?

Lighten up! Have a clearness committee!!!!


Full disclosure: RantWoman currently HAS a clearness committee that is proving great help about RantWoman's need to get in people's faces in connection with vision loss. RantWoman's clearness committee also has members who help grapple with the point that the RantWoman of today is a kinder gentler, considerably mellowed out version of what must have been a pretty insufferable more youthful RantWoman. Urk. RantWoman is VERY grateful. RantWoman hopes the experience is rewarding for others, but to be honest, RantWoman is so grateful for the help that she feels no obligation as far as the quality of the experience for others.