Suggested image: compost pile
Play the ball where it lands. We aren't as in control of what happens as we may think, and, handled well, everything that happens—mistakes, off-topic comments, jokes, confusion—is potentially "grist for the mill," available for learning from and using to the group's benefit.
--LisaMarie DiVincent.....Sun Nov 21 19:19:37 -0800 2010

