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hi murr you wrote: > Hi jp, > I appreciate your thoughts, prayers and best wishes... > But jp, I must protest... > I do have a STRANGER WITHIN > who attempts to destroy my life, > who attempts to take away my dignity > and my self esteem. > I do have a tumour in my lung... > oh, i'm taking the prescribed chemo... > But i'm going to need that little bit more... > i'm going to need all the prayers and bears, > all the thoughts and resolve... > did you like the poem? > the bears, Brenda and I discovered a new bird > taking up residence in the nearby marina... > a belted kingfisher! > ya hadda be there! > cheers .... murray the teddy bear gang's mention of a 'stranger' within i think refers to parkinson's disease but whether the 'stranger' is seen as something mysterious causing wanted cells to die or causing unwanted cells to grow we are still talking about our physical bodies which since they are physically born are destined without exception to physically die due to inevitable damage, disease or deterioration no? when i compare the physical appearance of my hand to my granddaughter's hand mine looks fully 56 old now and surely won't last another 56! our physical beings aka shells aka containers aka body bags (!) are only a small aspect of who we are our time here is only temporal the being that we may sense is within us with some fear and trepidation is not a threatening stranger is is who we really are where we really come from and to whom we really will return once we are done here as someone once said the kingdom is within seek and find ask and be given all of our thoughts and prayers and good wishes and resolve come from that kingdom which we all share in from an ad for a movie about a young man personifying god: his girlfriend says 'if you really are god, show me a miracle!' he points to a tree and she says 'that's just a tree!' and he says 'oh yeah? well, why don't you make one?' we think we know all about our physical world but we actually know very little so imagine how much more there is for us to know in time and out of time that tumour is another learning experience for you and for all you touch which is all of us much love janet ps the poem is spot on and the kingfisher is yet another miracle viz: http://www.bcadventure.com/adventure/wilderness/birds/kingfish.htm janet paterson an akinetic rigid subtype, albeit primarily perky, parky pd: 56-41-37 cd: 56-44-43 tel: 613-256-8340 w-site: http://www.janetpaterson.net/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn