Relationships, Resources, and Opportunities

Comedians get their audience to laugh by telling jokes. To be successful, a Facilitator must help participants think positively and ensure they are all on the same page. My first challenge back in the 1970s was always to get participants thinking by drawing on metaphors I learned from my upbringing, mostly from religious teachings. This would set a stake in forsaking the instinct to argue and to identifying the core value in the class’s goal.

           Next, I would say something like? ” The well is not empty when the bucket has got holes in it. Metaphorically, the bucket symbolizes us, the people, in disunity.

We must all have the mindset of the Good Samaritan at the well, within the realm of the Constitution’s preamble, even though our belief systems may differ.

The well will remain DRY until we, as a nation, can see the forest and the trees.

and realize

A journey of 1000 miles will never begin without the first step.