Thoughts after leading WPO Retreat

Posted by Susan Turnbull October 7, 2009 in Blog

What a privilege to be the co-leader this week for a three day retreat on writing an ethical will, organized by a WPO Forum group and held at a lovely country inn  in Buck’s County, PA.  Speaking for both myself and my co-leader (psychologist and story-teller extraordinaire Lani Peterson) it was by turns moving, inspiring, challenging and fun – words I think the 26 participants would all use, too.  In wrapping up, several comments went along this vein: “This was great and I’m so relieved, because to be honest, I wasn’t sure about this. I was nervous, I didn’t know what to expect, I wasn’t sure what it was about or if I had anything to say.”

And I was reminded again about how easy it is to be intimidated by the idea of creating an ethical will. And I was touched, as I always am, by how good it feels to dive in and begin it.  Thank you, they said to us, for making us do it.