Tad Baumann
Byron Katie Workshop: Day Two
May 5, 2007
Earlier this day I shared with the group about how we all are living so we can die happy. After I spoke everyone noticed Eduardo and I. Many people came up to us and said hello and told us how amazing it is for a son and dad to come and do something like this. They kept on saying “I wish my son would come and do this with me.” I felt really good that I did this and how great of a father I have.
Katie invited us to read a worksheet that we did on someone we were frustrated at. She had us pair up with someone and it was the first time I had paired up with anyone so I paired up with my dad. We did The Work (used the questions in the yellow card). I started to get the hang of it. It was entertaining and it started to make a lot more sense. After the exercise that we just did, Katie played a poem off the computer. I forgot who it was by but it was the most well read, most terrific poem I’ve ever heard.
After the poem ended I found myself struggling to open my eyes but I just couldn’t. So I sat there in a moment, joining the rest of the silent symphony.
The moment ended and she dismissed us for an hour and a half for lunch.
Hello Tad. I was very moved by your openess and desire to share. I have a 10 year old son that will soon turn 11. Your ability to express yourself so clearly gave me incredible hope that my son will be able to do so as well. I think that it was incredibly brave for you to go to this workshop, to stand up and speak, to go through the processes that you did. And how amazing that you found the Work for yourself at such a young age! Best wishes to you!