Comments on: Life Lesson 101 http://jeanburman.com/2010/07/15/life-lesson-101/ Artist Writer Curious Dreamer Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:49:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jean Burman http://jeanburman.com/2010/07/15/life-lesson-101/comment-page-1/#comment-22714 Jean Burman Fri, 28 Jan 2011 02:48:03 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/?p=2297#comment-22714 Gosh thanks Farnoosh :-) I am honored indeed! Thanks also for bringing me back here and enabling me to visit this post again as well. Isn't it funny how we so soon forget what we have written. So many words. So many memories. So much life in the things we do. It's so important [I think] to write down "who" we are. Even if we are the only ones who ever get to read it. At least we can look back at the end of it all [whenever that might be] and say... oh yes I remember... I was here... and it meant something [to me]. Thanks again Farnoosh :-) So pleased. So honored. Gosh thanks Farnoosh :-) I am honored indeed!

Thanks also for bringing me back here and enabling me to visit this post again as well. Isn’t it funny how we so soon forget what we have written. So many words. So many memories. So much life in the things we do. It’s so important [I think] to write down “who” we are. Even if we are the only ones who ever get to read it. At least we can look back at the end of it all [whenever that might be] and say… oh yes I remember… I was here… and it meant something [to me].

Thanks again Farnoosh :-) So pleased. So honored.

]]> By: Farnoosh http://jeanburman.com/2010/07/15/life-lesson-101/comment-page-1/#comment-22712 Farnoosh Fri, 28 Jan 2011 01:54:14 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/?p=2297#comment-22712 Jean, I am scrubbing all our 108 life lessons for the *best of* ebook and I want to quote your entire post. This is beautiful even the second time around. YOU are amazing to me. Thank you again for participating! Jean, I am scrubbing all our 108 life lessons for the *best of* ebook and I want to quote your entire post. This is beautiful even the second time around. YOU are amazing to me. Thank you again for participating!

]]> By: Jean Burman http://jeanburman.com/2010/07/15/life-lesson-101/comment-page-1/#comment-18050 Jean Burman Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:09:33 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/?p=2297#comment-18050 Hi Farnoosh :-) Thanks so much for your lovely comments! It's always encouraging to hear when someone is touched by what was said. I'm also very glad you like it here... it certainly is "colorful"... and I do try hard to keep it that way! LOL Thanks again... Hi Farnoosh :-)

Thanks so much for your lovely comments! It’s always encouraging to hear when someone is touched by what was said. I’m also very glad you like it here… it certainly is “colorful”… and I do try hard to keep it that way! LOL Thanks again…

]]> By: Farnoosh http://jeanburman.com/2010/07/15/life-lesson-101/comment-page-1/#comment-18031 Farnoosh Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:22:57 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/?p=2297#comment-18031 I read this a few weeks ago and thought for sure I left my thoughts - for how I could not when this post touched me so deeply. Abubakar sent me here and I am so happy he did. Thank you dear Jean for doing the Life Lesson Series and doing it in such a way that it makes me reflect on my every day life. And I love the colors on the site! You are an artist! I read this a few weeks ago and thought for sure I left my thoughts – for how I could not when this post touched me so deeply. Abubakar sent me here and I am so happy he did. Thank you dear Jean for doing the Life Lesson Series and doing it in such a way that it makes me reflect on my every day life. And I love the colors on the site! You are an artist!

]]> By: Jean Burman http://jeanburman.com/2010/07/15/life-lesson-101/comment-page-1/#comment-17471 Jean Burman Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:36:32 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/?p=2297#comment-17471 Hi Sarah :-) Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving such an encouraging comment here! I really do appreciate it. Know just what you mean about the tra-la-la-ing. We've just done Christmas in July down here in the land downunder... just so we can celebrate in winter. It's nuts I know... celebrating two Christmases a year probably makes the time go twice as fast... but heck it can be a whole lot of fun! LOL Thanks [again] very much! Hi Sarah :-) Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving such an encouraging comment here! I really do appreciate it.

Know just what you mean about the tra-la-la-ing. We’ve just done Christmas in July down here in the land downunder… just so we can celebrate in winter. It’s nuts I know… celebrating two Christmases a year probably makes the time go twice as fast… but heck it can be a whole lot of fun! LOL

Thanks [again] very much!

]]> By: Sarah Palmer http://jeanburman.com/2010/07/15/life-lesson-101/comment-page-1/#comment-17458 Sarah Palmer Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:14:36 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/?p=2297#comment-17458 Hi Jean, What a lovely blog, and a wonderful contribution to the Life Series. I loved taking a trip down memory lane with you and memories of my own childhood and the eternity between one Christmas and the next... now I shop in the January sales because I know we'll be tra-la-laaaaing again before I catch breath!! Living for the present and enjoying every moment of the life we have is a great lesson. Thank you for sharing your very personal journey. Sarah Hi Jean,
What a lovely blog, and a wonderful contribution to the Life Series. I loved taking a trip down memory lane with you and memories of my own childhood and the eternity between one Christmas and the next… now I shop in the January sales because I know we’ll be tra-la-laaaaing again before I catch breath!!
Living for the present and enjoying every moment of the life we have is a great lesson. Thank you for sharing your very personal journey.
Sarah

]]> By: Jean Burman http://jeanburman.com/2010/07/15/life-lesson-101/comment-page-1/#comment-17356 Jean Burman Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:47:51 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/?p=2297#comment-17356 Hi John :-) You are so right there. Being in the arts does allow full expression of our true human potential. It can be deeply rewarding. Yours is an amazing story of achievement across a broad area of the creative arts and a great example of why we shouldn't EVER grow up. If growing up means losing that spirit of adventure and enterprise then none of us should do it! LOL I think though for many people life somehow intervenes in the early stages. We leave childhood and grow toward adulthood with the best of intentions... and then fate intervenes. For me it was the tragic and sudden loss of my older brother when he was only 18. This one single event rocked our family and changed the trajectory of our lives forever. I grew up overnight. Facing the reality of life and death at such an early age has the effect of stealing childhood away more quickly and comprehensively than any other human experience. It does however lead to a deeper [and ultimately richer] viewpoint and a completely different appreciation for how precious life really is. Not a day goes by that I don't feel compelled to get out there and wave the flag for him... because he didn't get the chance to. Most people face some level of hardship challenge and tragedy throughout their lives. Life can be a serious business! Remembering to not sweat the small stuff and love and nurture the good stuff [I think] is our ultimate challenge. It's not easy. But it's worth it. So glad you liked the cartoon... it was so much fun to do... and really took me back :-) Hi John :-) You are so right there. Being in the arts does allow full expression of our true human potential. It can be deeply rewarding. Yours is an amazing story of achievement across a broad area of the creative arts and a great example of why we shouldn’t EVER grow up. If growing up means losing that spirit of adventure and enterprise then none of us should do it! LOL

I think though for many people life somehow intervenes in the early stages. We leave childhood and grow toward adulthood with the best of intentions… and then fate intervenes.

For me it was the tragic and sudden loss of my older brother when he was only 18. This one single event rocked our family and changed the trajectory of our lives forever. I grew up overnight.

Facing the reality of life and death at such an early age has the effect of stealing childhood away more quickly and comprehensively than any other human experience.

It does however lead to a deeper [and ultimately richer] viewpoint and a completely different appreciation for how precious life really is. Not a day goes by that I don’t feel compelled to get out there and wave the flag for him… because he didn’t get the chance to.

Most people face some level of hardship challenge and tragedy throughout their lives. Life can be a serious business! Remembering to not sweat the small stuff and love and nurture the good stuff [I think] is our ultimate challenge. It’s not easy. But it’s worth it.

So glad you liked the cartoon… it was so much fun to do… and really took me back :-)

]]> By: John Crowther http://jeanburman.com/2010/07/15/life-lesson-101/comment-page-1/#comment-17354 John Crowther Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:22:12 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/?p=2297#comment-17354 Hi Jean, love the cartoon as always. Big important thoughts, truly, but I wonder how many people can ever get this message. I know exactly what you're talking about, and at age 70 I'm busier than ever, with my "work" being fun, what was always fun for me being my "work," coaching lacrosse to kids, going sailing, traveling, etc. I've had a pilots license for 30 years, raced cars, acted on Broadway, written and directed films, continued all along to draw and paint, and pretty much done all the things I wanted to do when I was little, with so little transition from then to now that I can't really say I ever "grew up." I'm also fortunate in that most of my close friends of my generation have always lived to the fullest and still are. True, they are mostly in the arts like you and me, Jean, and I think this makes a big difference. Hi Jean, love the cartoon as always. Big important thoughts, truly, but I wonder how many people can ever get this message. I know exactly what you’re talking about, and at age 70 I’m busier than ever, with my “work” being fun, what was always fun for me being my “work,” coaching lacrosse to kids, going sailing, traveling, etc. I’ve had a pilots license for 30 years, raced cars, acted on Broadway, written and directed films, continued all along to draw and paint, and pretty much done all the things I wanted to do when I was little, with so little transition from then to now that I can’t really say I ever “grew up.” I’m also fortunate in that most of my close friends of my generation have always lived to the fullest and still are. True, they are mostly in the arts like you and me, Jean, and I think this makes a big difference.

]]> By: Jean Burman http://jeanburman.com/2010/07/15/life-lesson-101/comment-page-1/#comment-17348 Jean Burman Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:18:39 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/?p=2297#comment-17348 Hi Preeti :-) I think it's a universal experience really... to not know what we've got until it's gone. I believe it is entirely possible to retain our childish enthusiasm as an adult... [if we are willing to risk appearing foolish] but I reckon it's a worthwhile risk... and a noble aspiration for us all! (((chuckles))) Thanks so much for your lovely comment here. So lovely to meet you! Hi Preeti :-) I think it’s a universal experience really… to not know what we’ve got until it’s gone. I believe it is entirely possible to retain our childish enthusiasm as an adult… [if we are willing to risk appearing foolish] but I reckon it’s a worthwhile risk… and a noble aspiration for us all! (((chuckles)))

Thanks so much for your lovely comment here. So lovely to meet you!

]]> By: Preeti @ Heart and Mind http://jeanburman.com/2010/07/15/life-lesson-101/comment-page-1/#comment-17339 Preeti @ Heart and Mind Thu, 15 Jul 2010 23:24:55 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/?p=2297#comment-17339 Jean, Beautiful cartoon drawing with beautiful message. It is funny as a child I always wanted to grow up and now I wish I can be carefree as a child. Only wish I knew than to enjoy it. Now, I can enjoy my adult life :-) Jean,

Beautiful cartoon drawing with beautiful message. It is funny as a child I always wanted to grow up and now I wish I can be carefree as a child. Only wish I knew than to enjoy it. Now, I can enjoy my adult life :-)

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