Comments on: Change came – and changed everything! http://jeanburman.com/2009/02/18/change-came-and-changed-everything-for-the-better/ Artist Writer Curious Dreamer Thu, 17 May 2012 09:59:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jean http://jeanburman.com/2009/02/18/change-came-and-changed-everything-for-the-better/comment-page-1/#comment-4447 Jean Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:07:25 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/?p=546#comment-4447 Thank you Anita :-) The tender words of support and encouragement from friends here has helped immeasurably. Life is so good with such people in the world. Thank you Anita :-)

The tender words of support and encouragement from friends here has helped immeasurably. Life is so good with such people in the world.

]]> By: Anita http://jeanburman.com/2009/02/18/change-came-and-changed-everything-for-the-better/comment-page-1/#comment-4445 Anita Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:19:05 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/?p=546#comment-4445 It is soo good to have you back Jean! Like others have said, I've missed you. Sorry you have had to endure unexpected and obviously uncomfortable change in your life, but as you know so well, change challenges us to grow. I wish for you that the outcome will find you even happier than you could imagine in the end. You are among friends here. It is soo good to have you back Jean! Like others have said, I’ve missed you. Sorry you have had to endure unexpected and obviously uncomfortable change in your life, but as you know so well, change challenges us to grow. I wish for you that the outcome will find you even happier than you could imagine in the end. You are among friends here.

]]> By: Jean http://jeanburman.com/2009/02/18/change-came-and-changed-everything-for-the-better/comment-page-1/#comment-4426 Jean Sat, 21 Feb 2009 23:16:15 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/?p=546#comment-4426 What an amazing experience Jools! So sad about the dolphin. It seems so cruel... but nature can be cruel (and unpredictable). We humans think we are "in control" but we really aren't. When push comes to shove... if we are living on this planet... we are subject to it. The recent bushfires are a tragic example of that... and to a lesser degree... the discovery of two new creeks running through your beach! How amazing it is. Either way nature has the upper hand (and the final word). She can be cruel... but she can also be nurturing and incredibly kind. Balance... always balance. It's kind of perfect really... in an imperfect sort of way! And change is all part of it I guess :-) What an amazing experience Jools! So sad about the dolphin. It seems so cruel… but nature can be cruel (and unpredictable).

We humans think we are “in control” but we really aren’t. When push comes to shove… if we are living on this planet… we are subject to it. The recent bushfires are a tragic example of that… and to a lesser degree… the discovery of two new creeks running through your beach! How amazing it is. Either way nature has the upper hand (and the final word). She can be cruel… but she can also be nurturing and incredibly kind. Balance… always balance. It’s kind of perfect really… in an imperfect sort of way! And change is all part of it I guess :-)

]]> By: Garden Jools http://jeanburman.com/2009/02/18/change-came-and-changed-everything-for-the-better/comment-page-1/#comment-4424 Garden Jools Sat, 21 Feb 2009 19:19:03 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/?p=546#comment-4424 Hey Jean..had to share some massive changes that have happened in the environment, right here! A few days ago,Claire and I ventured down to our favourite beach (after a big storm there is always a smorgas board for beach combing). Our normally gorgeous, clean and open beach had changed! Where once was crystal clean sand, laid mountains of rotting seaweed and the normally glass like rock pools where you could visit the bottom of the ocean in 1 foot of water were clogged with dirty foam..a legacy of the big surf that must have been pounding the coastline. But the biggest change was the actual formation of our precious beach. Along the shoreline, were two freshwater creeks...lined with beautiful smooth black pebbles, met the ocean. These two streams are now estuaries lined by cliffs of sand - the transformation was unbelievable! As Claire and I absorbed the phenomenon that was before us, other beach walkers around us, were just as dazed by what we could see. The mouths of these once small flows of water were enormous and could even be treacherous to cross. The cliffs where up to three feet in height and the edges unpredictable (some were hard like concrete, others were crumbling and unstable). It was like visiting a new beach. The other profound discovery was the body of a baby dolphin. The poor little creature had only just been born, umbilical cord still attached. Its my guess that the dolphin had been born during the storm (the mother had more than likely come close to shore to give birth during the raging seas) and was washed up by huge waves. It broke mine and Claires heart to see the almost mythical creature, lifeless. I dragged the baby back to a deeper rockpool and hoped it would be taken back out to the ocean, I could not leave it where it was..so alone and on show. The whole experience was quite disturbing, yet it was an amazing thing to see just how much change does go on..everywhere! Hey Jean..had to share some massive changes that have happened in the environment, right here!
A few days ago,Claire and I ventured down to our favourite beach (after a big storm there is always a smorgas board for beach combing). Our normally gorgeous, clean and open beach had changed! Where once was crystal clean sand, laid mountains of rotting seaweed and the normally glass like rock pools where you could visit the bottom of the ocean in 1 foot of water were clogged with dirty foam..a legacy of the big surf that must have been pounding the coastline. But the biggest change was the actual formation of our precious beach. Along the shoreline, were two freshwater creeks…lined with beautiful smooth black pebbles, met the ocean. These two streams are now estuaries lined by cliffs of sand – the transformation was unbelievable! As Claire and I absorbed the phenomenon that was before us, other beach walkers around us, were just as dazed by what we could see. The mouths of these once small flows of water were enormous and could even be treacherous to cross. The cliffs where up to three feet in height and the edges unpredictable (some were hard like concrete, others were crumbling and unstable). It was like visiting a new beach. The other profound discovery was the body of a baby dolphin. The poor little creature had only just been born, umbilical cord still attached. Its my guess that the dolphin had been born during the storm (the mother had more than likely come close to shore to give birth during the raging seas) and was washed up by huge waves. It broke mine and Claires heart to see the almost mythical creature, lifeless. I dragged the baby back to a deeper rockpool and hoped it would be taken back out to the ocean, I could not leave it where it was..so alone and on show. The whole experience was quite disturbing, yet it was an amazing thing to see just how much change does go on..everywhere!

]]> By: Jean Burman http://jeanburman.com/2009/02/18/change-came-and-changed-everything-for-the-better/comment-page-1/#comment-4412 Jean Burman Thu, 19 Feb 2009 23:09:58 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/?p=546#comment-4412 Thanks Joh... :-) So glad you liked the cartoon! I looked at it after I finished it and went "what the?" But I think it's okay. (grin) Hey Mary... :-) I missed you. Thank you so much for your ongoing kindness and encouragement. I appreciate it more than you could know! Thanks Joh… :-)

So glad you liked the cartoon! I looked at it after I finished it and went “what the?” But I think it’s okay. (grin)

Hey Mary… :-)

I missed you. Thank you so much for your ongoing kindness and encouragement. I appreciate it more than you could know!

]]> By: Mary http://jeanburman.com/2009/02/18/change-came-and-changed-everything-for-the-better/comment-page-1/#comment-4410 Mary Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:14:50 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/?p=546#comment-4410 Oh so good to have you back Jean! I have missed your insights and upbeat reflections on living. You seem to persevere...even in the harsh winds of change...which is why I have you "anchored" in my blog favorites. You are an inspiration to life and its multi-faceted dimensions! Oh so good to have you back Jean! I have missed your insights and upbeat reflections on living. You seem to persevere…even in the harsh winds of change…which is why I have you “anchored” in my blog favorites. You are an inspiration to life and its multi-faceted dimensions!

]]> By: Joh http://jeanburman.com/2009/02/18/change-came-and-changed-everything-for-the-better/comment-page-1/#comment-4409 Joh Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:56:35 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/?p=546#comment-4409 Welcome back... love the cartoon...yay to 2009! Your spirited response will surely bring in the goodies. Welcome back… love the cartoon…yay to 2009! Your spirited response will surely bring in the goodies.

]]> By: Jean Burman http://jeanburman.com/2009/02/18/change-came-and-changed-everything-for-the-better/comment-page-1/#comment-4405 Jean Burman Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:06:41 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/?p=546#comment-4405 hahaha... that's so funny Jools! We talked about this I know. But for those who don't know... the Jeano tag was bestowed by my son Andrew. As a cheeky teenager he would call me that if he was having trouble getting my attention! Every time, without fail, it would stop me in my tracks and I'd crack up laughing. The way he made it sound was so endearing. So it stuck. (Having said that... if anyone else tried it I might not be so amused... present company excepted of course!) grin. Aussie slang has a penchant for adding an "o" to the end of names... particularly surnames. It does add a dorky element! But I think Jeano is quite unique. I use it on my cartoons because it is whimsical and fun. And we can all use a bit whimsy in our lives I think... LOL Jools I can't wait for that big needle to come next Thursday... one week from today (!)... not because I want you to have it... but because I know how much relief you are going to feel once you do. Yep... things are changing... like they always do. Sometimes it comes in almost imperceptible increments... and sometimes it gets dumped by the truckload. But we are "all good" aren't we? Yes we are all (definitely) very very good! LOL Take care my friend. hahaha… that’s so funny Jools! We talked about this I know. But for those who don’t know… the Jeano tag was bestowed by my son Andrew. As a cheeky teenager he would call me that if he was having trouble getting my attention! Every time, without fail, it would stop me in my tracks and I’d crack up laughing. The way he made it sound was so endearing. So it stuck. (Having said that… if anyone else tried it I might not be so amused… present company excepted of course!) grin. Aussie slang has a penchant for adding an “o” to the end of names… particularly surnames. It does add a dorky element! But I think Jeano is quite unique. I use it on my cartoons because it is whimsical and fun. And we can all use a bit whimsy in our lives I think… LOL

Jools I can’t wait for that big needle to come next Thursday… one week from today (!)… not because I want you to have it… but because I know how much relief you are going to feel once you do. Yep… things are changing… like they always do. Sometimes it comes in almost imperceptible increments… and sometimes it gets dumped by the truckload. But we are “all good” aren’t we? Yes we are all (definitely) very very good! LOL Take care my friend.

]]> By: Garden Jools http://jeanburman.com/2009/02/18/change-came-and-changed-everything-for-the-better/comment-page-1/#comment-4404 Garden Jools Wed, 18 Feb 2009 22:15:20 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/?p=546#comment-4404 Hi Jean...some things never change, for instance the fact that you love to write and cartoon and share it with us! Yep when change does come, it is usually quite a sneaky character and never lets you know until it has happened...then as you peer through the dust, you realise you are actually somewhere else! Wether you like it or not. You are so right in saying that with most change, you have no other option than to just peel back what you have inside and discover things about yourself - just how resilient you can be, just how much strength and courage you CAN muster and then you find what is good about that change (that occurs with willful change or not!) and where it can take you. Personally ..I got caught up in the hype of the extreme weather conditions we have been experiencing here on an emotional level. I was sensing the change that people had endured in a split second and what that split second would unveil for the rest of those peoples lives, my empathy runs deep!!! Even though we may know where we live, we never know what may happen next...so my philosophy for that scenario, is that we should grab opportunities, we should just get in there and have a go and at least try to make a start at what our hearts desire. My life is about to change again without any control from myself! My injection is due next Thursday, which will relieve my pain. Then...there is the outside chance of some physio (man...if I could jump up and down, I would!!!). Just this one procedure that I have been waiting for, (for what seems like an eternity), will change how I live every day. I am very, very nervous, but...oh so excited!!! It is excellent having you back Jeano! Hi Jean…some things never change, for instance the fact that you love to write and cartoon and share it with us! Yep when change does come, it is usually quite a sneaky character and never lets you know until it has happened…then as you peer through the dust, you realise you are actually somewhere else! Wether you like it or not. You are so right in saying that with most change, you have no other option than to just peel back what you have inside and discover things about yourself – just how resilient you can be, just how much strength and courage you CAN muster and then you find what is good about that change (that occurs with willful change or not!) and where it can take you.
Personally ..I got caught up in the hype of the extreme weather conditions we have been experiencing here on an emotional level. I was sensing the change that people had endured in a split second and what that split second would unveil for the rest of those peoples lives, my empathy runs deep!!! Even though we may know where we live, we never know what may happen next…so my philosophy for that scenario, is that we should grab opportunities, we should just get in there and have a go and at least try to make a start at what our hearts desire.
My life is about to change again without any control from myself! My injection is due next Thursday, which will relieve my pain. Then…there is the outside chance of some physio (man…if I could jump up and down, I would!!!). Just this one procedure that I have been waiting for, (for what seems like an eternity), will change how I live every day. I am very, very nervous, but…oh so excited!!!
It is excellent having you back Jeano!

]]> By: Jean Burman http://jeanburman.com/2009/02/18/change-came-and-changed-everything-for-the-better/comment-page-1/#comment-4403 Jean Burman Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:39:45 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/?p=546#comment-4403 I think I may have had my lifetime share in the past three months. Enough anyway for now. LOL Thanks Vernita :-) I have changes planned here at the blog as well which I hope to have up and running in the next couple of weeks. A new format and layout. I'm looking forward to it. I think I may have had my lifetime share in the past three months. Enough anyway for now. LOL Thanks Vernita :-) I have changes planned here at the blog as well which I hope to have up and running in the next couple of weeks. A new format and layout. I’m looking forward to it.

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