Comments on: Testimonies, not resolutions http://www.paulanderson.org.uk/2010/01/testimonies-not-resolutions/ Scrivenings and scribblings by writer and artist Paul Anderson Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:44:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: annie http://www.paulanderson.org.uk/2010/01/testimonies-not-resolutions/#comment-312 annie Sat, 23 Jan 2010 09:44:59 +0000 http://www.paulanderson.org.uk/2010/01/testimonies-not-resolutions/#comment-312 Being witnessed is one of the most powerful AUTHENTIC states you can experience. Living by the words in which you have expressed is only the next step - and no-one has said its any easer or harder to to either. You have posed some deeply intriguing questions, I understand aimed at yourself, but in the same space, gives the readers the opportunity to also explore those thoughts within their own lives. I know you won't regret posting this. You have set a standard to which you have committed to live by = and this is to applauded amongst a society willing to accept vanilla indifference. In case you need a buddy to kick you, listen to you or walk with you - you know where I am. Being witnessed is one of the most powerful AUTHENTIC states you can experience. Living by the words in which you have expressed is only the next step – and no-one has said its any easer or harder to to either.

You have posed some deeply intriguing questions, I understand aimed at yourself, but in the same space, gives the readers the opportunity to also explore those thoughts within their own lives.

I know you won’t regret posting this. You have set a standard to which you have committed to live by = and this is to applauded amongst a society willing to accept vanilla indifference.

In case you need a buddy to kick you, listen to you or walk with you – you know where I am.

]]> By: Jodi Cleghorn http://www.paulanderson.org.uk/2010/01/testimonies-not-resolutions/#comment-311 Jodi Cleghorn Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:45:19 +0000 http://www.paulanderson.org.uk/2010/01/testimonies-not-resolutions/#comment-311 Like Jen, I hope you don't come to regret at any point posting this. One of the hardest but most rewarding things any human being can do is to say what is their heart and their mind, and be witnessed saying it. It is an incredibly powerful process for change. I believe the four areas you have mentioned reflect the person you have always been - or the person with whom I came to know, write with, share all manner of things with and built a pretty amazing business venture with - the person who I have seen grow... even though at times it has felt like atrophication or catastrophication. All of these areas speak of a strong and committed social justice ethos - and that is something I have always admired in you - or that side I've seen of you - your committment to social justice issues. This seems to me a condensing of lots of things you've intuitively known for a long time... and I congratulate you on 'putting it out there.' Life is a journey, an adventure and the capacity to be transparent, authentic and honest is perhaps the biggest challenge of all. It sounds very much to me like this coming year, encompassing these four elements, is your year of authenticity. And expect me to hold you accountable... there will be a pop quiz in 12 months time :) Like Jen, I hope you don’t come to regret at any point posting this. One of the hardest but most rewarding things any human being can do is to say what is their heart and their mind, and be witnessed saying it. It is an incredibly powerful process for change.

I believe the four areas you have mentioned reflect the person you have always been – or the person with whom I came to know, write with, share all manner of things with and built a pretty amazing business venture with – the person who I have seen grow… even though at times it has felt like atrophication or catastrophication.

All of these areas speak of a strong and committed social justice ethos – and that is something I have always admired in you – or that side I’ve seen of you – your committment to social justice issues.

This seems to me a condensing of lots of things you’ve intuitively known for a long time… and I congratulate you on ‘putting it out there.’

Life is a journey, an adventure and the capacity to be transparent, authentic and honest is perhaps the biggest challenge of all.

It sounds very much to me like this coming year, encompassing these four elements, is your year of authenticity.

And expect me to hold you accountable… there will be a pop quiz in 12 months time :)

]]> By: Jen B http://www.paulanderson.org.uk/2010/01/testimonies-not-resolutions/#comment-310 Jen B Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:47:23 +0000 http://www.paulanderson.org.uk/2010/01/testimonies-not-resolutions/#comment-310 I hope you don't regret posting this. It's a wonderful way to start the new year, with concrete ideas about how you want to change for the better. And I relate to a lot of it. These are some of the things that attracted me to Buddhism when I first started looking into that philosophy. I hope you don’t regret posting this. It’s a wonderful way to start the new year, with concrete ideas about how you want to change for the better. And I relate to a lot of it. These are some of the things that attracted me to Buddhism when I first started looking into that philosophy.

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