change the world : Brett Fish

who would win a fight between matt redman [never once did we walk alone] and john ellis [formerly of tree63]?

i've been blogging for a little over two years now and i enjoy having a space to write my thorts or share my actions or be seriously silly or intriguingly insightful and a whole host of other stuff in between... and in that time it is the stuff i've written on relationships that has been the most widely read... so from 'How to Love Your Woman Better' to keys to 'having a good marriage [ideas [...]

By brettfish|2012-03-25T22:56:42+02:00March 25th, 2012|and other animals., change the world, friends and enemas, God stuff, people, relationships, worship|13 Comments

protesting the protesters…

so i posted about the protest action we were involved in with regards to the outdoors sharing of food with homeless people on my 'the simple weigh' blog but i know a lot of people susbscribe to this one so thort i would stick the links here as well. click here for part I dealing with what i was pertaining to. click here for part II which deals with the picnic which was my beautiful [...]

By brettfish|2012-03-23T12:51:41+02:00March 23rd, 2012|activities, and other animals., change the world, friends and enemas, God stuff, heroes or heroic moments, inspire-ations, life, local news, people, shtupidt people, the beautiful Val (tbV), thorts of other people|0 Comments

Taboo Topics: Losing a baby – meet Heidi and Shaun

Shaun and I had been married for a couple of months and decided to start trying for a family. Imagine our excitement as we found out I was pregnant. At about 8 weeks things didn't seem to be quite right so found a gynae and went for a check-up. I had terrible pain and was bleeding a little. After some scanning and much to our surprise the doc couldn't find any indication of a pregnancy [...]

By brettfish|2012-03-12T07:54:50+02:00March 12th, 2012|challenging thorts, change the world, God stuff, heroes or heroic moments, inspire-ations, Taboo Topics, thorts of other people|6 Comments

Taboo Topics: Losing a baby – meet Graeme and Nicole

My second daughter, Zoe, was stillborn at 37 weeks on 24th March 2007 in London, UK - we had no warning, one day she was well, with a strong heartbeat, head down, ready to come into the world, and two days later, she was dead. It turns out that Nicole has a blood condition that pre-disposes her toward clotting, and the best guess is that there must have been sudden clotting in the placenta/umbilical chord [...]

By brettfish|2017-01-17T10:39:38+02:00March 10th, 2012|challenging thorts, change the world, God stuff, heroes or heroic moments, inspire-ations, Taboo Topics, thorts of other people|8 Comments

Taboo Topics: Losing a baby [intro]

this series of blog posts has been on my heart and mind for well over a year and i am excited to finally be at the point of getting started on it. there are a number of incredibly important, life-transforming, heart-breaking life events that happen to huge numbers of people that no-one, or very few people, ever seem to talk publically about - and so for the most part there are hundreds or thousands of [...]

By brettfish|2017-01-17T11:16:40+02:00March 10th, 2012|challenging thorts, change the world, heroes or heroic moments, inspire-ations, life, Taboo Topics, thorts of other people|12 Comments

why i am anti crastination!

the story so far: the beautiful Val is in south africa for the wedding of her younger sister. i am not. tonite i cleaned house. earlier i was lying in the place of inspiration [the bath] and God spoke to me about a bunch of stuff i already knew [as you do] and about the serious need for me to, well, get serious, if i didn't want to get to the end of my time [...]

By brettfish|2012-01-22T22:26:11+02:00January 22nd, 2012|activities, challenging thorts, change the world, God stuff, life|2 Comments

Live to the full.

Yes, I said 'Live' not 'life' cos 'Live' is a verb. and cos it's me. my friend and former wedding photographer Bex Meissner sent me this link to a great article on the top five regrets people have before they die and it is well worth reading the whole article, but just to whet your appetite the top five regrets people mentioned are: 1. I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true [...]

By brettfish|2012-01-16T09:16:41+02:00January 16th, 2012|challenging thorts, change the world, inspire-ations, life, thorts of other people|0 Comments

new year’s evolutions to consider part viii [let go of offence]

looking at life-transforming changes you can bring to yourself in 2012, here is another great idea: if you sneak your car in front of me when i am in a long line of traffic heading towards the off-ramp, i can respond in two ways - swear loudly and flip you the finger while holding my hand down on the hooter [horn to the americanese!] or i can choose to smile and give you the spot [...]

By brettfish|2012-01-08T09:58:34+02:00January 8th, 2012|activities, change the world, church, God stuff, life|5 Comments

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