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Very well said, Peter. Ted and Carole ----- Original Message ----- From: <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 9:38 PM Subject: [peoplewithparkinsons] (unknown) > G'Day. > > Most people don't know the value of > something, until they don't have it anymore. > > As part of my aim towards Simplification, I > have been looking at ways to downsize the > collection of possessions that I have > accumulated over many years. On a few > occasions, I have been tempted to downsize my > list of friends. I managed to proceed with > the former, and dismiss the latter. Why > should I make my problems their problems ? > The answer is that friendship is a two-way > affair. While I enjoy the privilege and > supprt of their friendship, they enjoy the > friendship that I bring to them. Friendship > is about the many sharing the burdens of > problems inflicted upon the one. Together, we > stand; divided, we fall. > > I am not one for whom maxims play an > important part in daily life. But, on many a > morning, while spending 10 minutes just > getting out of bed, I find myself thinking > that one morning, sometime in the future, I > may decide not to bother. It is at such > moments that I recall one of the scenes of > the film "The Gladiator", where one character > says that he longs to be with his wife who is > already in the hereafter, to which his friend > suggests "But, not yet". It would be nice to > move on and be free to dance again. But, not > yet. There's plenty of things to do and > enjoy with what remains of the gift of life. > > Peter Fox. > ----------------------------------------------------. > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> > Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. > Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! > http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/Y2SolB/TM > ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peoplewithparkinsons/ > > <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [log in to unmask] > > <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn