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===Topic: ''Wonder''===
===Group: [[Nashville TeaM]]===
==Facilitators==
===Teacher: [[Ham]]===
===TR: [[Rebecca]]===
==Session==
===Opening===
Ham: Greetings, I am Ham and I want to thank you for coming tonight for gathering to hear my weekly words. Tonight I want to talk about wonder. You all have small periods when a sense of wonder is recaptured in your lives. Wonder is an emotion that humans long for. Human beings want to hear tales of wonder, to see movies that inspire that sense of wonder.
Ham: Greetings, I am Ham and I want to thank you for coming tonight for gathering to hear my weekly words. Tonight I want to talk about wonder. You all have small periods when a sense of wonder is recaptured in your lives. Wonder is an emotion that humans long for. Human beings want to hear tales of wonder, to see movies that inspire that sense of wonder.
===Lesson===
People want to feel that feeling of seeing something or hearing something for the first time. Beautiful things inspire that sense. People want to be inspired to action. They want to feel the sense of wonder at belonging to something for the first time. They want a sense of connection between the artist or the movie or the song that speaks to them individually and how wonderful that is.
People want to feel that feeling of seeing something or hearing something for the first time. Beautiful things inspire that sense. People want to be inspired to action. They want to feel the sense of wonder at belonging to something for the first time. They want a sense of connection between the artist or the movie or the song that speaks to them individually and how wonderful that is.
Now there will be those who will not accept your love, who will never acknowledge it, and will not accept it. But you go a long way toward removing your fear of them and therefore their ability to harm you by loving them. And you will find that either people will change and come near you with love, or they will separate themselves from you if they are not able to accept your love or to return it. Eventually over time, if you live always in love, giving love and showing love, you will attract those to you who want to be loved and give love and show love as well. The others will not stay. Be steadfast then and walk in the way of love, do not let fear intrude on this pathway if you can help it. That is essentially the lesson for this evening, are there any questions?
Now there will be those who will not accept your love, who will never acknowledge it, and will not accept it. But you go a long way toward removing your fear of them and therefore their ability to harm you by loving them. And you will find that either people will change and come near you with love, or they will separate themselves from you if they are not able to accept your love or to return it. Eventually over time, if you live always in love, giving love and showing love, you will attract those to you who want to be loved and give love and show love as well. The others will not stay. Be steadfast then and walk in the way of love, do not let fear intrude on this pathway if you can help it. That is essentially the lesson for this evening, are there any questions?
===Dialogue===
Q: If I had to define what it meant to love another person like you were describing, I would have trouble, Is it an attitude, is it a way of behaving, is it both and more? Could you elaborate?
Q: If I had to define what it meant to love another person like you were describing, I would have trouble, Is it an attitude, is it a way of behaving, is it both and more? Could you elaborate?
Ham: Yes, Fear is like a trap, and as you peal off the layers of it, your freedom is greater and greater.
Ham: Yes, Fear is like a trap, and as you peal off the layers of it, your freedom is greater and greater.
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