Look with Compassion
(An unexpected take away from a course. Timing could be everything.) The past week was spent sharing, discussing, reflecting on peace practice, conflict sensitivity, do no harm in Barcelona, Spain, together with participants from different parts of the world who are working in different peacebuilding and conflict transformation programs and projects or implementing humanitarian assistance interventions. I will not be telling you something about the training. Rather, allow me to share about some discoveries and inspiration I got from the training venue. Our training course information sheet describes our training venue, Sant Felip Neri House as “a convent, training venue and retreat located in a beautiful and quiet setting within the ever active city of Barcelona. Surrounded by a garden, it is one of the Modernist buildings giving name to the neighbourhood of Tres Torres de Sarrià, in the northern part of the city.” I found it strange that on my first night in Sant Felip Ne...