Commentary By Anastasia: How I Put What Matters To Me Into Motion

A Second Commentary for today by Anastasia,

Why the rush to get these words up here today?

Because Anastasia has a commitment to the New Horizons Board of Directors to post one blog per week on our two main, New Horizons-sponsored sites, this one and Anastasia the Storyteller, and she almost didn't make it for September!

Check your clocks. It's after six on September's last day.

The following article also posted to Anastasia The Storyteller.

New Horizons Board Member, Lynn Cullather, and I got into a discussion yesterday on the subject of what is pushing me to carry this plan forward, originating with me, the Truth Or Dare Movement: Destination Capitol Hill.

Lynn wondered if what I was after was changing the world. 

Not hardly, said I! 

“No such gigantic dream like that for me,” I asserted, as I went on to share what I thought motivates me.

Here are a few of my thoughts on the matter.

• For me truth-seeking, truth-telling and truth-listening bring order out of chaos, peace out of disruption.  That makes them of the highest order, as the alternative is no option at all.

Take a look at how important Congress is making truth-telling or not as a value, enough for the topic to take over most things there these days. 

By the time the drama of Trump's impeachment is resolved, we will all have had plenty of opportunity to see how the importance of truth-telling or the absence thereof can play out, on as gigantic a stage as our country can afford us.

What could be bigger, for us, than our three main branches of government, Congress, the Office of the President and the courts?

Might be an ideal time for wise citizens to start exploring the broader implications of truth in their personal lives, relationships and close-by communities, a time for pointing the finger of expected transparency, accountability and day-to-day integrity principles as a topmost practice in our own lives.

• With this in mind, I realize that I/we at New Horizons have, along with the strong foundations upon which our organization operates internally, the expertise, skills and tools to, at least, offer to contribute what I/we can to the social and political chaos now running rampant throughout our country through the package of what our Truth Or Dare Movement can provide, once up and fully operational.

I know, as the original architect of our movement that the components of which it is comprised, not only make my life work remarkably well, but that these elements have also made an important contribution to enhancing the lives of hundreds, possibly thousands of others over the past forty-five years of their service.  

We have even saved a good hand full of lives in those years.

Our Truth Or Dare GAME has been at the forefront of these gains since its inception in 1976. 

So why not, at least, make our best effort to offer what we have that has been tried and found true, with the hope of improvement where there is upset, Capitol Hill among other places, especially through lies, perceived or actual, being the cornerstone of greatest importance at this time.

Again the words of Charles Krauthammer ring in my ears.

You’re betraying your whole life if you don’t say what you think – and you don’t say it honestly and bluntly.

• We are after accomplishing the giving of what we have, in full measure, to the best of our abilities, believing that our Truth Or Dare Movement might, minimally, make a small dent by, at least, 
• furthering discussions on the topic of truth. 
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• If meaningful conversation is all we accomplish, it might just be something to prime the flames of change.

Another truth proclaimed in the Jewish High Holiday prayers, now being practiced, suggests that it is asked of us, if we are to be the best of ourselves that –

“We must begin with ourselves, but not end with ourselves.”

• Again New Horizons Truth Or Dare Movement can be an enhanced pathway for doing this which is why, at this time, we are doing everything we can to boost Truth Or Dare capabilities in each and every one of our board members, for starters.  In time, hopefully, they will be able to carry our brand of impact through skillfulness out to others in ways that could potentially make a modicum of difference, potentially.

In fact, among our board members we are already seeing evidence of this from the fruits of our efforts in big and small ways, now that our revitalized Truth Or Dare GAME and its associated GAME community has passed its one year anniversary date, just last week.

Enough said for today. And just enough to get my remaining four blog posts up before midnight.