Talking Tears
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We are sharing some
tools to support personal growth, relationship health, organizational
development, and overall effectiveness for mission/aid workers. Hopefully you
will find them to be creative, useful, and at times even fun. They are some of
our favourites.
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These
items build upon the 12 tools for “Running Well and Resting Well” that we included
as a chapter in Doing Member Care Well
(2002). More tools and guidelines specifically for team building .are included
in our “Tools for Team Viability” article, in the member
care book we edited in 1992.
Think of the last time you
cried.
Or think about something
that you could cry about….
· If my tears could talk, what would they say…
· If I responded to my tears, I would say…
· If my tears could write, what would they write …
· If my tears could draw, what would they draw…
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Going further….
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An image that comes
to mind for me…· A film clip that comes to mind for me…
· A song that comes to mind for me…
· A piece of writing that comes to mind for me…
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Notes
The image at the beginning
is a detail from Antonello da Messina’s painting (circa 1476) of a grieving angel
holding up the body of Christ. This painting and the detail are included in chpter 12 of Global Member Care: The Pearls and Perils of Good Practice (2011).
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One music video that comes to mind for me is by Bryan
Adams and used in the 1991 movie Robin
Hood, Prince of Theives. With over 67 million views, it seems that lots
of folks like this music video too. It is a bit stylised of course. I prefer the
song without the “I’d lie for you” lyric. Although as I recall in the movie,
the “lying” was a moral necessity in order to save the lives of innocent people.
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“He will wipe every
tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or
pain, for the old order of things has passed away." (Revelation 21:4)
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