#1 Posted by BarryMac on September 28th, 2009 7:49 pm | link

Thanks guys for your Maifesto. Inspires me to start my own personal revolution. Sorely needed. Just hit my 60th bithday a few weeks ago. Wondered ‘how did that happen so quickly!’

So yes time for a revolution, my one can only start with me.

Thanks again – btw your Manifesto is also is beautifully produced!

Barry – late at night in Ireland

#2 Posted by Bobz on September 28th, 2009 9:53 pm | link

Thank you for writing this.
Before I read it I was already aching to change the world. Now I’m going to.
I’m deeply glad that I’ve been caught early, head full of ideas, and pushing my own little boat into a new tack, retraining myself to make stories, share and distribute ideas and make content that will blow open minds.

Your current is strong here.
Bobz – even later in Ireland

#3 Posted by BadMsM on September 28th, 2009 10:31 pm | link

I should have read your manifesto much sooner! I have always felt this way, you just put it into words for me.

Count me in!

Bette

#4 Posted by Duff on September 28th, 2009 10:44 pm | link

Are you interested in critical feedback on the content of the manifesto? This comment section doesn’t seem like the appropriate venue, but if you are interested I could send a private note with some thoughts.

~Duff

#5 Posted by Pace on September 28th, 2009 10:46 pm | link

@BarryMac: Thank you!

@Bobz: YEAH!

@BadMsM: Rock on!

@Duff: Yes, please!

#6 Posted by Michael on September 29th, 2009 12:42 am | link

Any chance we can recommend our own work? My site has been trying to help anyone opt out of the diet industry for a while and I think fits in here quite well.

#7 Posted by Naomi Niles on September 29th, 2009 1:26 am | link

Thanks, you two. I loved this. I was teary eyed by the time I got to the end. I didn’t know we all had so much in common…*smile*

#8 Posted by Rohan on September 29th, 2009 6:57 am | link

Can I just say: Awesome :D Got me thinking about world-changing again :)

Rohan

#9 Posted by Karl Staib - Work Happy Now on September 29th, 2009 5:34 pm | link

We need to band together and change the world for the better. That means teaching each other to open up to new concepts that will improve our lives. I’m a huge fan of most of your resources. There is so many great people out there changing the world. I feel lucky to be alive in this day and age. I hope to do the same through my blog. Because each day is an opportunity to improve people’s lives.

Thanks for your wonderful manifesto and I’m spreading the word.

#10 Posted by Vanessa on October 1st, 2009 12:27 pm | link

The manifesto is awesome; it speaks the words and feelings of my soul, and it is putting the power in connection, not control, which is what I am all about. I know that I can change the world, and I know that I can help others see how they can do it as well.

Thank you for sharing this; it really rocks. Keep up the terrific work!!!! Peace and love, Vanessa

#11 Posted by Pace on October 2nd, 2009 3:06 pm | link

@Michael: Sure, go for it! We’ll moderate anything we feel is inappropriate or irrelevant.

@Naomi: *big smile*

@Rohan: Yeah!!

@Karl: I totally agree, and thanks for your help!

@Vanessa: Thank you! We’re thrilled to hear that it resonates with you. I feel like in speaking from our hearts, we’re connecting with something deep, maybe even universal. I’m amazed when that kind of connection happens.

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#13 Posted by Tom Bentley on October 5th, 2009 11:36 am | link

P&K, I read the manifesto more closely this weekend: it is serious, sweet, soulful and sound (and every other “s” that makes a difference). Some of the recommendations have that kind of integrity where you realize that the simple is profound, and the profound is simple. (But then, of course, you have to do the work.)

thank you, TB

#14 Posted by Katja on October 14th, 2009 12:13 pm | link

I read your manifesto (and passed it on to my friends and family!) and am very inspired and hopeful thanks to it! It does make you wish more people were open to thinking about these other options, and maybe we can all make that happen.

Thank you for writing such a moving manifesto!

#15 Posted by Deb on October 15th, 2009 7:50 pm | link

Pace and Kyeli; thanks for putting your thoughts and feelings into an easily digestible form that makes incredible sense. I’m so happy that my friend sent this link to me today. Now I know why he did it. Big hugs for him and for you two!

Now, what to do? I’m at a crossroads and could drastically alter my life. Kids are grown, divorce is done and I am free as a bird. I could live the life I have imagined and you have helped me to see that path with clarity. I’ll be sharing this with others and reading some of your resources. Then I’m going to do what I have always wanted to do – sell it all and go travel volunteering until I find my niche. Someone in Africa could use my help, I’m sure. Then we’ll see from there.

Thanks for connecting with your souls and sharing it with others. I think I’m going to enjoy being a freak.

#16 Posted by James NomadRip on October 19th, 2009 6:54 pm | link

Great read. I’m already with you on about all of it! Very well done, and looking forward to having you in my monkeyshpere :-)

#17 Posted by Pace on October 23rd, 2009 5:17 pm | link

@Deb: This is, I think, the most amazing comment we have ever received. We are honored, and we’re thrilled to know that we helped you.

#18 Posted by Tammy Vitale on November 14th, 2009 10:07 am | link

Love this manifesto. Captures a lot in a very small space clearly and accessibly. Am shring on FB and Twitter with my folks ’cause we all need to have this at heand to read and remind! Thank you!

#19 Posted by Tammy Vitale on November 14th, 2009 10:10 am | link

p.s. You might enjoy visiting Body Politics: http://bodypoloitics.allzah.com/ – a colllaborative project of mine with Heather Bartlett (the blog is mostly her writing) – she just did an amazing project with gradeschoolers on self image that is reported there.

#20 Posted by Melissa on November 20th, 2009 1:14 pm | link

Wow– So much of this speaks to the greyness that has overcome our lives as my husband and I try to “grow up” and “live like adults.” We’ve never been more miserable. Now we’re reading this and gaining trust in our instincts that the status quo is not for us, that we are artists, and that we can do things differently. Thank you, thank you.

#21 Posted by Sharon Montgomery on January 7th, 2010 12:32 pm | link

I’m thrilled to read the manifesto, and to feel I was a part of the herstory that created it. I was a founding member of FLAG (Feminist Lesbian Action Group) in Victoria BC in the 1970s, and have grown to be many things, play many roles, and at age 73 I’m really enjoying being myself! Also, to plug my book, which definitely puts me in the FREAK category. Your Invisible Bodies: a reference for children and adults about human energy fields is my kids book inspired by my work as a healer, teacher and activitist. Find me and/or the book at the above website. Thanks to you young FREAKS for being who you are and telling your own truth!

#22 Posted by Jennifer "Scraps" Walker on January 14th, 2010 1:16 pm | link

Amazing manifesto! I hadn’t encountered the monkeysphere concept before but it makes perfect sense, as does much of the rest of your writing. Now to puzzle out exactly where my goals and world-effect intersect!

#23 Posted by Pace on January 15th, 2010 5:05 pm | link

@Sharon: Go you! Also, Your Invisible Bodies sounds pretty totally awesome. Kyeli and I are Reiki healers, too.

#24 Posted by Pastor Paul Willis on January 23rd, 2010 9:53 am | link

As I was reading this it reminded me of a list of 10 questions I came up with for my youth group. I wanted them to think for themselves and not just regurgitate what I had to say. So, if you will indulge me, here are what I called “Ten Questions to Expand the Mind.” 1.Where did you learn what you know? 2. Is the source reliable? 3. If you consider the source to be reliable, what do you base that reliability or belief on and why? 4. How does what you know or believe affect your life? 5. Do you accept what you learned or were taught without question? 6. Are there other options or opinions you should or could explore? 7.The people, places or things that have the biggest effect on my life are _______? 8. How will those people, places, or things affect the rest of my life? 9. I am most interested in__________? 10. How will this interest show itself in my life? Thank you for the “manifesto” It is eye opening. Pastor Paul.

#25 Posted by Megan on March 17th, 2010 7:34 am | link

I was passed this manifesto by a good friend and am currently starting on my own personal journey to discover who I am, what I believe, and who I want to become. This was exactly the push I needed in my life.