Zen Pencils by Gavin Aung Than for June 01, 2015
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One of life's best coping mechanisms... …is to know the difference between an inconvenience and a problem. Rachael Personal Assistant Work If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat… THE DAILY NEWS FAMINE CRISIS …if your house is on fire, then you’ve got a problem. DEADLY INFERNO BREAKING NEWS: BURNS RAGE OUT Everything else is an inconvenience. Life is inconvenient. Life is lumpy. A lump in the oatmeal… …a lump in the throat… COUGH MEDICAL CENTRE RECEPTION WAITING ROOM …and a lump in the breast… …are not the same kind of lump. One needs to learn the difference. - Robert Fulghum
cripplious over 9 years ago
Cancer sucks.
gammaguy over 9 years ago
A lump in the breast is a problem, but these days not always without a solution. The last images should show resolution, not hopelessness.
ziggman14304 over 9 years ago
Burnt toast – annoyance, burnt house – problem.
rilla7979 over 9 years ago
First step? Don’t start your day consumed by anger.
melissalomax1313 creator over 9 years ago
Great work as always and great timing… This is right on track with my thinking! :).My comic today is of the similar vibe, “Letting all the little frustrations go…” <3 Thank you!
tarotgal13 over 9 years ago
Not hopelessness, perhaps, but shock. It’s a big one, even if you already know. And boy, does it put things in perspective! Great illustrations.
kattbailey over 9 years ago
This is the same day, to judge from the fact that she is wearing the clothing she picked. Yes, part of her reaction to the oatmeal and so in is probably her worry about the appointment, but you start with being on edge and annoyances add up… and you’re more on edge. Once over the shock, with breast cancer you are hearing options, unless it was caught unusually late. But it is the cancer that is associated with a word used in daily language that is noticed by the patient (other one I can think of is a mole…) and so the one that fits. We take our lumps, etc…. So that day, there is shock. But the cancer isn’t the point, it could be ALS or something else, just to compare to what we generally worry over
Packratjohn Premium Member over 9 years ago
Learning the lump is benign? Beyond joy.Finding the lump before it kills you? Priceless.