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"Reflection *groupgetting to know one another*" is promoting meaningful connections* building a TRUSTing community feel* giving a very casual gathering of Fire & Ice residents chance for the purpose of:quiet folks to be known* address topics that are interesting, informative or just FUN

To What am I looking for? The comments that came from that simple question has been and continues to be honestvery eye-opening for me and a bit cathartic for participants. With my 35 year RL background in the study of human behaviour, of course, it's hard the various responses are intriguing to define hear and for the actual meeting itself. It is groups themselves? a rather spontaneous climate with occasional topics to address....but they often spin off to other ideas that participants want mystery to addressdecipher.

Honesty Several questions grew out of this one simple question:* How well do you respect other's boundaries?* How can one tell if they are addicted to VL?* What is encouraged, so it becomes more than silly "Club Chat" your greatest skill that might be shared with a grid?* What has been your best/worst relationship?* Why do some hate or subtle put-downs. The expectation to talk openly grief?* What have you learned about the Virtual Life experience yourself through VL?* How does lean toward members addressing good, bad anonymity play into VL?* What advice would you give to anyone coming into virtual life?* and ugly moments in their virtual livesmany others. (both current and on other grids.....but NO Grid bashing!!!)

Without exceptions=== Extra Benefits === After having conducted 4 years of Reflection meetings in virtual life, I have witnessed another (or maybe several) side benefits. # The act of residents coming together and sharing the honest "good, participants bad & ugly" history of their journeys here in this group on other grids crazy world has helped us BOND. We quickly observe we have had positive thoughts all shared a LOT of similar highs and words for this effortlows of virtual life. They often say things likeThe virtual platform allowed us to see the same heartaches, disappointments and thrills in dealing with people, even in the virtual avatar form.# The 'coming together' with the purpose of honestly sharing with fellow residents also seems to build "This is TRUST". Trust was a very reoccurring theme and topic. We all appreciated the value and how critical trust played in our virtual world. But to push forward and openly discuss 'trust' in a group setting was in and of itself unique" or "! It opened us up to be known'. It revealed WHO we donreally [200] were and what 't get needs' we had for this type of experience....a slippery subject in this virtual universe.# I have seen how being honest conversations about our virtual livesbuilt unity and cooperation among grid members. The term "family"is often overly used by many grids where there seems to be very little actual evidence of a 'family feel' at all. But what is a key factor in a family???? (Una Riona Well, in my opinion, healthy ones share openly with all members.....acknowledge the good times and Orb Emerald bad...are two you could contact held accountable with responsibilities but learn from mistakes ....and above all....have a climate of respect, acceptance and i hope would forgiveness. I have positive things to say about THEIR participation in witnessed the Reflection Group meetings building and supporting all this and more. SOOO.... what's the "mission" of REFLECTIONS???? The Beatles may have said it)best "COME together....right now....over 'us'....." "We do not learn from experience....we learn from reflecting on our experience." ~ John Dewey ==Hypergrid Teleport - Getting Here From Another Grid==* Map Teleport: fireandicegrid.net:8002* V3HG Teleport: secondlife://http|!!fireandicegrid.net|8002* HG Teleport: secondlife://fireandicegrid.net:8002* Hop Teleport: hop://fireandicegrid.net:8002