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Dear All, two days ago I visited Hans van der Genugten (from The Netherlands and from the Sparkle) homepage, where I found some sweat warming, wonderful items on PD, among others this prayer, too. Archbishop D. M. Tutu told these words in 1999, in Holland. For further English pages check out http://people.zeelandnet.nl/genugten/indexeng.htm and read the story of a usual day beginning from Anneke's "pen" (keyboard...). Who is Anneke? A 50 year old female PWP. "She has got this disease about 9 years and still has problems with accepting. Anneke tells about a morning in her life: to start with waking up with pain and ending with canceling her appointment with the hairdresser, because she is too exhausted, again." Reading her words I laughed and cried at the same time, and I realized again: I am not alone with my afflictions... And I will never forget Archbishop Tutu's prayer about us, PWPs: "We are here. We are not shadows. We are not misfits." Maybe some of you is familiar both this prayer, both Hans's homepage - they are very lucky that met earlier these uplifting thoughts. Love, Olga PWP 49/47/40 and CG for my own Hungary [log in to unmask] **May peace of heart fill all your days, may serenity grace your soul.** Parkinson's Disease World Awareness Day Prayer O God You are the source of all goodness, life, light, and health and knowledge. We thank You for all that You have given us so lavishly: food, shelter, life, love. We thank You for those who have loved and cared for us: our fathers and mothers, our sisters and brothers, our relatives and friends. Others lack all of these things. We come before You as your children who are suffering from Parkinson's Disease. The world is not always as aware of us as we would want. We thank You for those striving to make us more visible. We, too, are human persons with feelings and emotions. We are thankful for those who have passed laws that seek to make Parkinson's Disease a national and indeed an international issue. We want the world to know that we exist. We are here. We are not shadows. We are not misfits. We are human beings with a certain affliction. We pray that there will be greater awareness of our plight. We pray that our governments will make adequate funds available for research to discover a cure for Parkinson's Disease. We are on the verge of a breakthrough. We pray for those who compassionately look after us and those searching for a cure. Bless their efforts and crown them with wonderful success. Bless us all. Pour forth your Holy Spirit on us all abundantly now and always. Amen Desmond M. Tutu Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town, South Africa Nobel Peace Laureate ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn