When people ask my favorite part of the wisdom 2.0 conference, i say "Speaking On Stage." Until this year, i had not experienced the full body joy and vitality of coming in to alignment with one's self, one's deepest truth, and standing for it, publicly, physically; risking disagreement, debate, judgment, and the possibility (probability) of being wrong in some ways.

But my second answer, is a healing tent, disguised as a comic books store.
 

I had been offered a tent by the conference to sell Dharma Comics, and i offered the tent to the ServiceSpace community as a home base. I knew i'd be spending much of my time there, and i wanted this family around me as much as possible. :-) And what happened was magical! People would stroll by, and perhaps the the art would catch their eye, so they'd pause. And then...someone would ask "How are you?" and mean it. And conversations would begin. Strangers would stay in the tent long after they'd intended, sharing, connecting, and even sitting on the floor and making art. The tent was almost always full, and full of love.

Actually, i was one of those strangers. When the conference began, i was anxious about my speech. I was nervous about running my first both. I was trying to manage inventory, credit cards, helpers, as well as connect with people stopping by who wanted to know more about the art. Then, at one point, Audrey was standing around asking (for the 100th time :-) how she could be of service.

Knowing them, i said "You can help give books away!!" so we sat down on the floor and started making love notes "To whoever finds this book..." Others joined us, and full out art session ensued. From that moment on, my relationship to the conference shifted. I was no longer DOING something, ACCOMPLISHING anything. I was in service. I was in the service of love, and from there, right action simply flowed...

I am, once again, so grateful to this community. No matter how confused i can sometimes, the people family always point the way right back to love.