What gifts made me wonder about facilitation?
My son and our family had a beautiful gift of growing up with Aarambh Waldorf - a loving community of parents and teachers who made us see and feel the real joy of parenting and connection to self, others and the world around us. One of the rituals at Aarambh was making hand made gifts for each other. Teachers and children would make cards when there was a child's birthday. Teachers would make beautiful cards for parents when they moved on in their journey. Slowly we as parents also learnt how beautiful this act of creating a gift for someone you care about. You think about the gift - what would make a good gift? what would this person use? what would bring a smile to their face? what would they like to keep with them for a long time? Then you sit and gather the things you need - using as little or reusing as much as possible - and then actually making it. Not knowing what exactly will emerge - each stroke, each line open to so many possibilities... and then you have something that...