Brett Anderson, Author at Brett Fish

new year’s evolutions to consider part vii [dream and help others live theirs]

DREAM, AND HELP OTHERS REACH THEIRS following on closely from helping others to laugh more and find their joy is to dream and be part of other people reaching theirs [especially those who maybe grew up thinking that they weren't even allowed to dream] - this makes me think immediately of people and things like brendan, val and many others and uThando leNkosi place of safety [http://www.uthandolenkosi.co.za] of my friend heather wonnacott and linawo children's [...]

By brettfish|2012-01-05T06:55:59+02:00January 5th, 2012|activities, challenging thorts, change the world, God stuff, life|1 Comment

new year’s evolutions to consider part vi [laugh, and make others laugh]

another way of evolving or transforming your life towards the better in 2012 is this: LAUGH, AND MAKE OTHERS LAUGH i don't think i know anyone who laughs too much. i know people who smile A LOT and who seem to be perpetually happy and unphased by life and they are really refreshing to be around. and i'm not talking about people pretending nothing is ever wrong - they still have bad days and hard [...]

By brettfish|2012-01-05T06:45:48+02:00January 5th, 2012|activities, challenging thorts, change the world, life|3 Comments

new year's evolutions to consider part v [community]

my next evolution suggestion to help you transform yourself into a better, more effective you in 2012 is this: SEEK COMMUNITY whether it is belonging to a local church or youth group or small group, or if it's the people in your street or your apartment complex, to be an active part of an intentional community is a healthy and thrive-full way to live the beautiful val and myself have been living and working with [...]

By brettfish|2012-01-04T07:38:00+02:00January 4th, 2012|activities, change the world, God stuff, life|1 Comment

let me recklessly love you, even if i bleed

i don't know who matthew hammitt is, but the other day i was in the car listening to the radio and this song came on with these lyrics which struck me: "let me recklessly love You, even if i bleed, cos You're worth all of me" it happened to be a christian radio station [and i just asked uncle google to find out that matthew hammitt is the lead singer of sanctus real, a band [...]

By brettfish|2012-01-04T04:07:10+02:00January 4th, 2012|inspire-ations, poems and other creativity, worship|2 Comments

new year’s evolutions to consider part iv [spending time, money, energy]

continuing with this series of new year’s evolutions – with the idea of moving beyond a dream list of ‘i wish this for next year’ to some specific steps and actions to put into place to help you transform yourself into a better person in 2012. and my next evolution suggestion is this: SPEND YOUR MONEY [AND TIME AND ENERGY] WELL: this one follows on from yesterday's live in the present (with the future in [...]

By brettfish|2012-01-03T05:09:51+02:00January 3rd, 2012|activities, challenging thorts, change the world, God stuff, life|2 Comments

new year’s evolutions to consider part iii [the past, present, future]

continuing with this series of new year’s evolutions – with the idea of moving beyond a dream list of ‘i wish this for next year’ to some specific steps and actions to put into place to help you transform yourself into a better person in 2012. and my next evolution suggestion is this: DEAL WITH THE PAST, BUT LIVE IN THE PRESENT, WITH THE FUTURE IN MIND wo, that seems a little complicated, but really [...]

By brettfish|2012-01-02T10:51:08+02:00January 2nd, 2012|activities, challenging thorts, change the world, God stuff, life|3 Comments

new year’s evolutions to consider part ii [the wrong people]

so i have started a series of new year’s evolutions – with the idea of moving beyond a dream list of ‘i wish this for next year’ to some specific steps and actions to put into place to help you transform yourself into a better person in 2012. and my next evolution suggestion is this: HANG OUT WITH THE WRONG PEOPLE! wait, you mean 'DON'T hang out with the wrong people', right? i meant "hang [...]

By brettfish|2012-01-01T08:53:43+02:00January 1st, 2012|activities, challenging thorts, change the world, God stuff|2 Comments

new year's evolutions to consider part i [the right people]

so yesterday i posted about new year's evolutions - with the idea of moving beyond a dream list of 'i wish this for next year' to some specific steps and actions to put into place to help you transform yourself into a better person in 2012. and my first evolution suggestion is this: HANG OUT WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE different people have different capacity for friendship and so everyone i imagine has different levels or [...]

By brettfish|2011-12-31T10:59:23+02:00December 31st, 2011|activities, challenging thorts, change the world, friends and enemas, inspire-ations, life|1 Comment

my new year's evolutions

no, no, it's not a typo, it's a rethink. the word 'resolution' should be good enuff because it comes from the base word "resolve" and if people truly resolved to do the resolutions they make [altho i don't actually know of many people that make them - they seem to be this mythical beast that people avoid because they know they will lose the battle] then the world would probably be a better place, depending [...]

By brettfish|2011-12-30T16:58:59+02:00December 30th, 2011|activities, challenging thorts, change the world, God stuff, life|19 Comments

grow up and become a child

on Christmas day, tbV and i went to visit a church called Epic that our friends Cody and Lyndsey go to and really had a great time - they meet in a cinema and we were greeted with good coffee and donuts, so pretty much everything i look for in a church [harr!] and then we found the one thing we had been missing in a bunch of churches we have visited since being in [...]