hi ron

i have no response
to yours and jerry's words
except to repeat them for anyone who might have missed them

i'm glad both of you are my cyber-siblings

you wrote;
>Jerry Finch, and all of us,
>Every day we are alive is a special occasion.
>you wrote in part:
>
>>Someone has already questioned
>>what I have to gain out of all this.
>>Caught me cold, put the barrel of the gun
>>right there on my forehead and made me tell the truth.
>.Okay, I admit it. As ashamed as I am to tell you this,
>>I'd like to see my three grandchild grow up.
>>I'd like to teach them to love horses as much as I do.
>>I'd like to go on long walks with my wife.
>>I'd like to throw all my pills in the trash
>>and wake up in the morning feeling wonderful.
>>Pure selfishness.
>>
>>You don't know me and I don't know you, either.
>>But we have something in common, you and I,
>>something neither of us want.
>>Let's work together to get rid of our problem.
>>Maybe we won't succeed - but at least we tried.
>
>i tend to pick nits
>you left the 'ren' off the word grandchildren
>
>your truth and wants - parallel mine
>how can you be ashamed of these universal truths?
>
>feeling wonderful
>how child-like
>nearly perfect
>feeling full of wonder - choosing to live -
>seeing that i can see and look and smell and decide to be
>to meet the challenge -
>to live well with what i have left-
>to en-joy my life -
>to contribute -
>to discover, learn, teach, display, my spirit - my humanity
>
>these win the day
>these defeat the "problem" - the PD - the limitations
>
>we have much in common
>humanity
>
>knowing thyself
>eventually involves our selves
>we are on this earth
>we are each part of us
>Alan B inspired many (our Gipper)
>
>let us win one for Alan's spirit of self-less-ness
>
>all of Congress will feel good about their having supported our cause -
>if we can help them understand -
>we all must do what seems best for each other -
>to feel good
>
>to be good -
>to do good -
>is the primary process that causes one (and all some day?)
>to feel good
>
>Ron Vetter  1936, dz PD 1984, carbidopa/levodopa, Mirapex, selegiline

janet

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