Comments on: Chapter 4: Bell bottoms, muscle cars and rock n’ roll http://www.bretvanhorn.org/family-and-life/chapter-4-bell-bottoms-muscle-cars-and-rock-n-roll/ Personal site and blog for Bret Van Horn Sat, 14 Jan 2012 09:56:41 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bret Van Horn » You’d be surprised what people search for on the Interwebs. Really. http://www.bretvanhorn.org/family-and-life/chapter-4-bell-bottoms-muscle-cars-and-rock-n-roll/comment-page-1/#comment-3609 Bret Van Horn » You’d be surprised what people search for on the Interwebs. Really. Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:05:20 +0000 http://www.bretvanhorn.org/?p=7#comment-3609 [...] x parent, recounting the profound and silly things my kids say and pontificating on life and my upbringing. As it turned out, the public at large was less interested in it than I was, so I let it fall by [...] [...] x parent, recounting the profound and silly things my kids say and pontificating on life and my upbringing. As it turned out, the public at large was less interested in it than I was, so I let it fall by [...]

]]> By: Sarah http://www.bretvanhorn.org/family-and-life/chapter-4-bell-bottoms-muscle-cars-and-rock-n-roll/comment-page-1/#comment-156 Sarah Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:32:17 +0000 http://www.bretvanhorn.org/?p=7#comment-156 I see the shallow waters we were taught to swim. Perhaps part of the legacy of gen x was/is to not only grasp the concept of knowing and working toward what you want. Maybe its also the ability to reach that goal, entertain one's joy in a business adventure, or love affair, or home town for a time period, and then successful or not, be ABLE to move forward and enjoy another era of time, work, people etc...If life is so short, why do we continue to limit ourselves to one reality? One profession? One area of the world? I think you have had the right idea all along, Bret. Follow ALL your dreams. You give the world so much of yourself. You are very full of beauty. Keep going. I see the shallow waters we were taught to swim. Perhaps part of the legacy of gen x was/is to not only grasp the concept of knowing and working toward what you want. Maybe its also the ability to reach that goal, entertain one’s joy in a business adventure, or love affair, or home town for a time period, and then successful or not, be ABLE to move forward and enjoy another era of time, work, people etc…If life is so short, why do we continue to limit ourselves to one reality? One profession? One area of the world? I think you have had the right idea all along, Bret. Follow ALL your dreams. You give the world so much of yourself. You are very full of beauty. Keep going.

]]> By: inger http://www.bretvanhorn.org/family-and-life/chapter-4-bell-bottoms-muscle-cars-and-rock-n-roll/comment-page-1/#comment-8 inger Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:34:17 +0000 http://www.bretvanhorn.org/?p=7#comment-8 i often marvel at the impact that television and visual media in general has had upon our perception of reality. there is rarely anything magical about success. even the folks who stumble into it with raw talent, these people have to work their asses off to make something of it and not let the phenomenon implode under its own weight. we are a generation of microwaves, mexican divorces, FedEx. it's taken me, personally, 32 years to realize that while i can achieve instant gratification on many small levels with relative ease, the most gratifying experiences are the ones i had after Sticking With It, whatever the It in question is. it's nice to hear a similar sentiment from a kindred spirit. thanks for putting this out there. i often marvel at the impact that television and visual media in general has had upon our perception of reality.

there is rarely anything magical about success. even the folks who stumble into it with raw talent, these people have to work their asses off to make something of it and not let the phenomenon implode under its own weight.

we are a generation of microwaves, mexican divorces, FedEx. it’s taken me, personally, 32 years to realize that while i can achieve instant gratification on many small levels with relative ease, the most gratifying experiences are the ones i had after Sticking With It, whatever the It in question is.

it’s nice to hear a similar sentiment from a kindred spirit. thanks for putting this out there.

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