WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.375 --> 00:00:04.230 (soft uplifting music) 2 00:00:04.230 --> 00:00:06.470 - You were experiencing a circle today. 3 00:00:06.470 --> 00:00:09.390 This is just to expose you to what it looks like. 4 00:00:09.390 --> 00:00:11.830 Some of the things that happens when it's in a circle, 5 00:00:11.830 --> 00:00:13.210 and what can it do for you, 6 00:00:13.210 --> 00:00:15.820 as an individual, or as a professional. 7 00:00:15.820 --> 00:00:17.980 We have to close the circle now. 8 00:00:17.980 --> 00:00:20.000 And when we close the circle, since we had to open it, 9 00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:21.440 and of course, you have to have a closing. 10 00:00:21.440 --> 00:00:23.030 We're gonna close it with a poem. 11 00:00:23.030 --> 00:00:26.570 I usually, with kids, kids come up with songs and dances. 12 00:00:26.570 --> 00:00:28.370 They can really close out a circle. 13 00:00:28.370 --> 00:00:30.050 I'm not that great and wonderful, okay. 14 00:00:30.050 --> 00:00:31.330 So, I have to use a book. 15 00:00:31.330 --> 00:00:33.430 So, I'm gonna get my book over here. 16 00:00:33.430 --> 00:00:36.350 This is the book I told you I use for everything. 17 00:00:36.350 --> 00:00:39.200 The wise woman's stone. 18 00:00:39.200 --> 00:00:41.610 A wise woman was traveling in the mountains, 19 00:00:41.610 --> 00:00:44.190 found a precious stone in a stream. 20 00:00:44.190 --> 00:00:47.620 The next day, she met another traveler who was hungry. 21 00:00:47.620 --> 00:00:51.980 And the wise woman opened her bag and shared her food. 22 00:00:51.980 --> 00:00:54.990 The hungry traveler saw the precious stone 23 00:00:54.990 --> 00:00:58.650 and asked the woman, can you give that to me? 24 00:00:58.650 --> 00:01:01.780 She did so, without a hesitation. 25 00:01:01.780 --> 00:01:05.750 The traveler left feeling excited and rejoicing, 26 00:01:05.750 --> 00:01:09.600 because he knew that that stone was worth a lot of money, 27 00:01:09.600 --> 00:01:12.950 and would take care of him for the rest of his life. 28 00:01:12.950 --> 00:01:14.900 But a few days later, 29 00:01:14.900 --> 00:01:19.170 he came back to the old woman to return the stone. 30 00:01:19.170 --> 00:01:22.750 You know, I've been thinking, he said, 31 00:01:22.750 --> 00:01:25.940 I know how valuable this stone is. 32 00:01:25.940 --> 00:01:28.180 But I give it back to you, 33 00:01:28.180 --> 00:01:30.810 in the hope that you can give me something 34 00:01:30.810 --> 00:01:33.010 even more precious. 35 00:01:33.010 --> 00:01:36.040 Give me what you have inside of you 36 00:01:36.040 --> 00:01:38.763 that enabled you to give me that stone. 37 00:01:39.930 --> 00:01:41.340 That is the end of our circle. 38 00:01:41.340 --> 00:01:43.403 And I thank you so much for participating. 39 00:01:43.403 --> 00:01:48.403 (clapping) (soft uplifting music)