(Note: If you haven’t yet read the page Traveling a Different Path, you might want to do that before reading this page.)
So what do you do when the group comes to a place like this, and decides to take the path on the right? Is that going to feel uncomfortable? Or are you going to be ok with that? 
What if I tell you this is a trick question? What if, in the real situations you will encounter, all you see is a road that looks like this one on the left? You don’t see any path splitting off to go a different way. You just suddenly realize that the rest of the group has apparently wandered off the road. People are sitting in the grass, looking a t the clouds. Or they’re picking some kind of plant that’s growing among the taller grasses. What do you do then?
The statements below are all things that participants in collaborative Tapestry meetings have actually said (yep, actually) at some point when this kind of thing has really happened. Familiarize yourself with the list so that if you find one of those concerns rising within you, you’ll recognize it as an important signpost on this journey you’re making into Indigenous worldview. When you realize that’s what has happened, come to this page and click on the statement. The link will take you to a page that explains another way to think about whatever is happening. That will help you feel more comfortable — which will help everybody else feel more comfortable too.
Click the link to see how to handle it, if you find yourself thinking, or wanting to say, one of these things:
“Where’s the agenda for our meeting?”
“But this isn’t what we said we were going to do. We’re not fulfilling our project goals at all!”
“It’s not creativity that matters here. It’s compassion.”
When you finish using the links in the statements above, use this Menu to visit previous pages:
How We Work
Learning in Community
Mindful Awareness
The One Big Rule
Traveling a Different Path