Wendy- that's a beautiful way to explain why God doesn't intervene! Peggy <*]]>< " Compassion is difficult to give away because it keeps coming back." ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wendy Siegel" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2004 1:52 PM Subject: Re: ARTICLE: Learning To Accept Life, Not Fight It > The only way I can reconcile some of the bad things that happen in life > to a loving God is to remember that as a child I didn't always like the > choices my father made for me, but now looking back, I can understand > how the choices were made for my own good. I just couldn't comprehend > the big picture at the time. > > Wendy > > -----Original Message----- > From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Rayilyn Brown > Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 4:21 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: ARTICLE: Learning To Accept Life, Not Fight It > > I agree with Raj. When I had ovarian cancer I could say I may have > cancer, > but it does not have me. That was because I had no symptoms or pain > from it - > seizures came with chemo. PD has you every moment. Also, with > cancer > you make it or you don't, with PD you gradually deteriorate and there > is no > cure or meds that help. I have never accepted it and I don't think I > ever > will. > > Also, I do not see the purpose of this suffering. I'm afraid my > religious > beliefs have taken a dive. And what about that two-headed baby that is > going to > have one head removed? Whose fault is that? Any religion or philosophy > needs to take EVERYONE into account.Ray > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn