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Thank you, Olga for this special submission. Emily ----- Original Message ----- From: "Olga Rónaky" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 4:11 PM Subject: Prayer for PWPs > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn