[WestMichiganRope] Re: One Year anniversary - Reflections
The journey as you put it has been a whirlwind for me. I think I
have learned more from the group than I have taught. Getting up in
front of a large group of people is never easy. You always worry
about making mistakes and making yourself look like an idiot. This
has forced me to think things thru in greater detail than I had
previously. It also forced me to go out and research other opions
than just the ones that I was taught to ensure that best possible
information was passed on. People who had virtually no experience in
rope have shown ties that I hadn't considered or didn't even know
of. Everybody in this group has something to teach and something to
learn whether they realize it or not. And everybody in this group
has been a godsend.
In short, it has been a growing and a learning experience for me.
Something that wouldn't have happened without this group. For that,
it is the group that gets my thanks.
Be well.
Samos
--- In WestMichiganRope@
wrote:
>
> Tal Group
>
> A wise man once told me to not worry about the destination or how
long it
> took to get there, but to enjoy the journey for it was the best
part of the
> experience.
>
> I try and keep this uppermost in my mind and it does not always
work. Having
> had the opportunity to sit back and watch the group dynamics of
this as well
> as several other groups over the years, I can positively affirm
that this
> group is a growing vital part of the evolving BDSM lifestyle. This
group is
> a cross section of our community and no one seems to be offended
about other
> groups being involved. We have young, old, new, fresh, stately,
upper,
> lower, elders, Straight, Twisted, Bent, GLBT, not GLBT, and
probably a
> flavor or two I have left out unintentionally.
>
> I would encourage you two to reflect on the fact that YOU brought
these
> people together. No one else has stepped up to the plate and said "
lets do
> this". You have brought a much needed new perspective to the entire
> community. People from walks of life that have nothing in common
are brought
> together from a love of rope and a chance to learn FROM YOU!. This
is a
> sacred trust that you have willingly taken on. There will come a
time when
> you wonder why the hell you are doing all of this <G>. ( don't ask
<G> just
> trust me on this <G>). Then you will remember the wonder and joy
you feel
> every time someone walks up and asks how you make it look so easy,
etc. It
> is humbling to know that people look up to you as the expert when
you know
> you are just a student.
>
> I respectfully wish to add my voice to all of those who are telling
you "
> WELL DONE " " WELL DONE".
>
> Thanks for keeping it fun, for crossing the self imposed lines we
put in our
> lifestyles and most of all for being the exciting fun people you
are.
>
> Thank you for teaching me.
>
> Be Well
>
> Sar
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WestMichiganRope@
> [mailto:WestMichiganRope@
> sacredxchangecpl
> Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2007 11:21 PM
> To: westmichiganrope@
> Subject: [WestMichiganRope] One Year anniversary - Reflections
>
> Now that we have hosted our first major event we
> wanted to give some reflections from the past year. It
> was just over one year ago jen and I came up with this
> crazy idea. We were looking to find a few people who
> might be interested in getting together with some rope
> and tie with us occasionally.
>
> So we decided to contact a very good friend, Jimi Tatu
> and ask how to go about finding some people. We posted
> to the Adult Rope Arts list and some wonderful people
> in Texas (Thanks Gary) and St Louis (Thanks lily) gave
> us some wonderful ideas, advice so we started a yahoo
> group called West Michigan Rope. Tatu sent us all
> their legal paperwork to use and a fine man by the
> name of Master Samos volunteered his time and person
> to help. (What a crazy fool *L) The advice got us
> going and the end of January, one month later we
> hosted our first ever West Michigan Rope meeting in
> Holland.
>
> Honestly our goal was to have 25-30 local people on
> the yahoo list and hopefully 10 at the meetings to tie
> with and learn from each other. Well that first
> meeting brought us 28 people from all over. As we
> write this letter, we have 211 members online at the
> yahoo group and more importantly we have had 96
> different people attend at least one practice session.
> We had a high of 37 at the September meeting in the
> "barn" and 36 at the recent Gray Dancer event. To say
> we are ecstatic about those results is a total
> understatement. We are amazed, excited, humbled, and
> very happy to have all the interest in the group.
>
> It has been a lot of work, and trying at times getting
> meetings together, but all of it well worth the
> effort! We have met some truly wonderful, giving,
> friendly and fun people through WMR people. Many of
> which we call our friends. So many of you have shared
> ideas and given us items to use. We have learned a
> great deal this year is so many ways and from so many
> people.
>
> Rope connects people in ways many will never
> understand. It is fun, sadistic, sensual, romantic,
> versatile, and can produce truly amazing results. We
> love rope and feel blessed to know so many more people
> than we did before. WMR is a labor of love for us and
> we are truly honored to be among other like minded and
> very cool people. We do not have a mansion, we do not
> have a lot of money, but we have some great kids, a
> wonderful family and now some wonderful rope friends,
> could life be any better?
>
> Lets hope 2008 brings us all some wonderful surprises
> and great rope!!!!
>
> Yours in rope,
>
> Greg & jen
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