Re: woe is me

[janet paterson <janet313@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 02:14 2000/07/24 -0500, ray wrote:
>we need you
>sharp and succinct you are

thank you for those kind words sir

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

from our physical bodies no
but we are not limited to them are we?
didn't buddha have something to say about this?

>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

yep
i needed a good smack or two dozen upside the head before i 'got it'

>"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

i knew the quote and liked it
but i didn't know the story about it
thank you!

>spirit so weak
>miserable in the rain
>
>spirit so strong
>singing in the rain
>
>. . . same rain . . .

yes

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

reminds me of my own sage saying about living in bermuda
'paradise is where you make it, not a place to go'

>>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?

yep
it meant different things to me each time i read the book
'the road less traveled'

each time i read it,
i marked meaningful passages with a highlighter
using a different colour for each reading
my book is now quite colourful and
almost completely highlighted!


>youthful spirit attitude
>           nice day for a jog
>old spirit attitude
>            labors upward under a heavy pack

yes

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

i venture to suggest that the
'parkinsonian' attitude is not the source of the negativity

i determine to live with hope, courage and confidence.

because
why?

>...on the edge of the prairie abyss ....................
>...
>strolling along too close to the edge
>but the view is breath taking

'too' close?
sez who?


janet paterson
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