At 11:08 2000/10/03 -0700, cyber-dad-don wrote: >this will be my last post to the list for a while. >as i was informed i was paranoid and had nothing worth >while to give... my dear cyber dad those words are a flat out lie you know that in your heart and so do i and so does anyone who knows you in any way the words cannot hurt you the way you absorb them can but you need not absorb them you are kind, and sweet, and generous, and loving, and compassionate and you also know that in your heart and so do i and so does anyone who knows you in any way all of those qualities are in you they are part of your character, your structure, the fabric of your life nothing anyone says to the contrary can change those facts you can use them to your advantage when faced with deliberate unkindness you can use them as a teflon coating no negatives can stick to you in reality don't let them stick to you in your thoughts either instead try to draw on that compassion of yours and see the fear and the hurt behind the cruelty in the words we all act out our lives with the language and the vocabulary we have grown up with and know as our 'normal' world be grateful that you are not caught in such shackles like i am for me and for you sis janet paterson 53 now / 44 dx cd / 43 onset cd / 41 dx pd / 37 onset pd TEL: 613 256 8340 URL: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/ EMAIL: [log in to unmask] SMAIL: PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada