Re: woe is me

[Ray Strsnd <strandra@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

we need you

sharp and succinct you are

i have to say something
we all have our ups and downs

Greg Sterling wrote:

> Anyone with PD that can find anything positive about it needs to have the 
> last remaining viable neurons in his/her brain examined.

i've lost some
i'd like to get some back

>
>
> Maybe I am too shallow.  I can't see where  losing your job, fracturing your 
> family, straining your marriage, and taking 20 minutes to dress are such 
> wonderful life experiences.  Is it me?

i take longer than 20 minutes
still by myself
i still feel fortunate
--for other things

but, one can't get too attatched to those either
because it doesn't matter in the end
none of us will escape that
even if there is a cure tomorrow

birth. old age. sickness and death

no escape

>
> (Go ahead Janet make my day)

janet knows
PD is not wonderful
CD is not wonderful

life is wonderful
and it takes effort to see that

>
>

the life is yours
make the most of it

despite parkinsons

"never complain   never explain"
Wendell Castle wrote this on a table top
with little black plastic dots spaced out across the surface
had to get down low and
look at it from a certain angle
to see it
hard
most don't get it

art isn't always easy to see
how much harder
to see others' hope and joy
and pain and suffering
most of us
don't get it

spirit so weak
hell
anger
no hope
care for no one
attitude bad
miserable in the rain

spirit so strong
caring   -----   caring for the lives of thousands
singing in the rain

. . . same rain . . .

>
> Greg
> 47/35/35
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Charles Murray" <chummym@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <PARKINSN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2000 3:59 PM
> Subject: Re: woe is me
>
> > Thank you thank you.  What a wonderful exchange you started.  Especially
> > liked the idea of positive PD Place advanced by Gerrit.

each of us has to find that place in ourselves
then it will happen
here

>
> >
> > Even Scott Peck's now famous saying about life being difficult means
> > different things to different people.

yes
are we looking at an example now?

>
> >
> > A friend quoted the following to me years ago (I know not the source):
> >
> > "Life is not a problem to be solved, but an adventure to be lived."
> >
> > The way I look at it, living with PD is a bit like venturing into the
> > Himalayas while most of our brothers and sisters travel less rugged
> > slopes.  We can grumble about the steepness and hazards of our climb,
> > preoccupied with the expense of our climbing gear and the physical
> > exhaustion we experience step by step, ever more fearful as the slopes
> > turn into shear walls of granite, or we can live in the moment and focus
> > on appreciating the spectacular beauty found only in such imposing
> > terrain.  No one can take this choice from us.
> >

youthful spirit attitude
           nice day for a jog

old spirit attitude
            labors upward under a heavy pack

i may have a parkinsonian body
but, i hope my attitude isn't parkinsonian

i determine to live with hope, courage and confidence.

>
> > Love
> > Chuck
> >

thanks chuck

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                    Ray Strand
     
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            48/47 dx/40 ?onset
The fight against Parkinson's Disease
       
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...on the edge of the prairie abyss ....................

strolling along too close to the edge
but the view is breath taking