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Good Morning, All. Though tempted to play tattletale and say youknowwho started it, I am going to accede to the wisdom of Edith, Joan, Barbara, Hans, and others, pry my little fingers off the keyboard, and cease and desist before I even get started. Peace, Carole Hercun --- edith love <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear Joan and PIEN family, > > Joan, you wrote: "What's happening to us?" > > Perhaps the question should be, "Why are WE allowing this > to happen?" There > isn't a one of us who DOESN'T know that verbal disruption > or disruption of > any kind can only occur if there are at least 2 players. > If the bait is > thrown, it only takes one to bite, and the fray begins. > > We live in the never, never world of the STRANGER WITHIN > whether we are > PDers, PD+ers, or are as yet undiagnosed. It is HE with > whom we struggle to > maintain our physical, spiritual,emotional and > intellectual balance. It is > HE who becomes our combatant in a contest that strikes as > deeply as our > souls. > > We battle HIM for a day of peace, a corner of > tranquility. We battle HIM > for an improved quality of life any way we can. For some > the source may be > prayer or meditation; for others it may be discourse or > laughter or the pen. > Still others seek controversy as a source of venting > > The STRANGER WITHIN has one aim. HE seeks to destroy not > only our bodies > but our psyches and IDs any way HE can. If we > voluntarily contribute to > HIS efforts, all the better. We must not allow HIM to > succeed! We must not > fall victim to HIS efforts to strangle us with HIS > disease. In short we > must strengthen one other. We must extend our hands in > friendship to one > another. We must stand together to eliminate any > negativism that will > energize this STRANGER WITHIN, and this can never be > accomplished by > infighting. > > From recent posts, I have read, "Use the DELETE key", > "Don't join, etc." > Instead, whenever disruption is in the "making", I > suggest we take a deep > breath, smile and just figure someone is having a bad > hair day. While we > are at it, we also need to be aware that no defense is > required for PIEN or > SPARKLE or their owners. We should know in our hearts > that no one can > minimize their importance for they stand on their own > merits. > > What's left is a sigh and the determination to have a > wonderfully productive > day. > And should you need a hand in friendship, I offer mine. > > In thought and mind; in caring and friendship, > E of the headdress > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joan Hartman" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 2:34 PM > Subject: What's happening to us > > > > I'm having a terrribly stressful day here........so I > thought let me log > on > > and get a break from the happenings around me...I > signed on to get some > > relief...I found out that Sparkle is not up and running > so no funnies to > > read...then the I'm Not Smiling heading caught my > eye....and now I'm > feeling > > worse than I was before I signed on..I don't even want > to know how it > > started...just ...PLEASE STOP IT...and let's get back > to helping each > > other.... > > > > --- Joan Hartman > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Autos - Get free new car price quotes http://autos.yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn