Kees - there is no payback! We make choices - that simple. You do it because you want to, for love - or whatever reason, or you don't. .... there but for the grace of the almighty, go I. If the tables were turned, my partner wouldn't hesitate - I should be so lucky.... No payback. pat lewis (CG) -----Original Message----- From: Kees Paap <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sunday, February 25, 2001 8:44 AM Subject: Apologizes >Dear listfriends/Ivan, > >Humbled and sad I am sitting here in front of my screen wondering if this >is one of God's lessons. If so, what did I learn? At this moment I don't >really know. Probably in a few more weeks/months/years I will know, but >right now I can only guess. I need more information to be sure. > >Based on experiences in the past, I assumed that Ivan had one of his "I am >so pitiful" moods. Many men thought the same as me and of course many women >disagreed with me. Slowly, as a good Parkie is used to, I started thinking >that I was wrong; that Ivan is in a real bad position now. In this >context I humbly apologize to Ivan. I misjudged a situation where I did not >even had the right to judge it. There is only One who judges us at the end >of our lives. God loves us all and He wants us to do the same. > >Ivan, I wish you better times and when the cure is there I will help you to >be cured before me. > >I wish for us all to be cured so we can pay back to our caregivers for >their unlimited care and energy that they give to us. They deserve us to >be cured even more than ourselves. The cure is coming closer, it is almost >tangible. I sense it....... > > >I love you all > >Kees Paap >