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By: Jean Burman » Blog Archive » Change came - and changed everything!

Jean Burman » Blog Archive » Change came - and changed everything! — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:13:17 +0000

[...] in February 2008 when I wrote of change I could not have known how blustery the winds of change could be… how fast they could blow [...]

By: Jean Burman » Blog Archive » Change came… (and changed everything)

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 02:18:34 +0000

[...] in February 2008 when I wrote of change I could not have known how blustery the winds of change could be… how fast they could blow [...]

By: Jean Burman

Jean Burman — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 03:49:44 +0000

Thanks Faria…nice to have you visit me here. I hope you’ll stop in again sometime

By: Faria

Faria — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:29:06 +0000

Jean and Jools, your thread of conversations were refreshing for my tired eyes! Jean i love your artwork its vibrant,light and the goodness in your life is apparent through your work.. Jools.. your insight and perception of the spiritual and such is just immaculate.. i could not have agreed with you enough on various statements..

funny how i never usually visit unknown sites,tonight i happened to be surfing for pictures for my change management assignment and wouldn’t you know it.. here i am … Anyway folks.. good night !

By: Garden Jools

Garden Jools — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:01:21 +0000

Oh yes..I’m up to “ponder no 7 or 8″!! I always like to compare “changes” from our history, to changes now – especially on a global platform. The things that have evolved. What comes to mind first for me…is the “changes” that the Great Depression incurred, how we rallied and came together for a common cause. How so many stories of hardship moulded the people we are today. How we came up with innovative ways to combat or relieve changes that were inevitable. How we had to put aside many forms of vanity and desire just to be able to survive..how many “discoveries” and inventions came to be out of finding another way???? The human spirit is our main defence, it is our net that catches us after we fall from the trapeze.

By: Jean Burman

Jean Burman — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:48:11 +0000

Absolutely John. And never is this process more keenly felt than after loss… as the everyday world continues on in spite of it… unabated and unperturbed… picking up where life left off… and reshaping what remains into a new form. It’s pretty magical really. If we can disconnect and just observe the process without getting too hung up on it… I suspect there is much to be learned. Now if we can just figure out a way to do that? *wink* LOL

Thanks for coming back to comment again John… it’s a complex topic isn’t it? But worth a “ponder or two” I think…

By: John C

John C — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 05:49:52 +0000

This is a wonderful and instructive philosophical discussion, Jean, a “door” I’m glad you opened. When I said that IMO there’s no “bad” change I don’t mean that all change is good. What I meant — and again this is a personal point of view, not one I mean to foist on anyone — is that because change is such an inevitable constant in both the universe and individual lives, we shouldn’t put a value judgment on it one way or another. It just is. Yes, there’s change that we as individuals would prefer didn’t happen, just as there’s change we try to bring about. We mourn loss and celebrate gain, but it’s all subjective. In the larger scheme of things energy continues to take new form and structure as old form and structure decomposes.

By: Garden Jools

Garden Jools — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 01:17:35 +0000

And..to feel comfortable enough to voice them! (I wish I could do the smiley faces!!!)

By: Jean Burman

Jean Burman — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 23:36:34 +0000

No worries Jools… what would we be if we did not “feel passionately” the issues that concern us?

By: Garden Jools

Garden Jools — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 21:40:52 +0000

I seem to have yanked the brakes on here with this…sorry Jean!! But..as you know agriculture and horticulture – combined with weather patterns has been my life ever since I can remember. So the plight that befalls the minority of the population is very close to my heart…I have stickers on my fridge and car that read “Thank a farmer for your next meal!”
I do hope that your weather conditions change SOON!!!! Having the coolness and fresh days is such a lovely change!!! Thankfully “Larry” did not have a brother or sister come visit you this cyclone season!!!!
Autumn is such a lovely time of year here where I am…the place bursts with colour from the leaves changing and….there is abundant “FRESH” fruit picked straight from the trees (I remember raving about this last year! Lol) The only thing that is annoying me really…is that I cannot get in and do the jobs in a garden that need doing (pruning, mulching). Oh well my turn for change is coming soon!
I am sending you a lovely cool mountain breeze Jean…((((hugs))))