We had a great day on Saturday.

There were seven of us gathered at Linne Bheag for our first 'Introduction to the Enneagram' course on a lovely spring morning.  True, the weather deteriorated, but the quality of company and chat only improved as the day progressed.

Unusually, everyone present had a smattering of knowledge of the enneagram system but most had no idea of their own personality type.  So the day was exciting, slowly pealing off the multi-coloured  masks they had all been wearing for years and beginning to see the beautiful qualities each had been hiding away. 

We 'unmasked' and discovered a lovely FOUR - creative, gentle, wise.  Two SEVENs also recognised their true selves and laughed with great appreciation to discover that their gluttony for living was actually a personality type!  They brought us much laughter throughout the day.  And we had an EIGHT - not the scary type of EIGHT but a grown-up, mature, lovely person who has discovered her power in giving and attending to others and is full of love and life.

Last, but certainly not least, we had a couple, married for about a hundred years and both TWOs.  Now that is something you don't find every day.  A double TWO couple!  TWOs are the helpers of the enneagram, the givers, whose whole lifestance is towards the other's happiness and success.   That sounds like a winning formula to me!  And it was a real pleasure to share the day with them.

So we had fun, gained insights, went away wanting more and with a spring in our steps. 

Maybe you will join us for the next one!

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