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Rick - The Living Will, is the ONLY way to go, and personally, I think a person is very selfish not to have one. Jo Ann On Wed, 6 Apr 2005 09:42:37 -0400 Rick McGirr <[log in to unmask]> writes: > While my nephew's wife was pregnant with her second son, she > experienced difficulties and was confined to bedrest. She put some > bible quote in an email, something like, 'I know, o lord, that in > thy > wisdom thou hast afflicted me...' > > And I thought 'What?!' That makes no sense. Why would the lord > want > to punish you, especially when you, as a believer, want nothing but > to > bring another soul into the world for the lord? With all the > criminals that get off scott free, I'd say the lord has some > catching > up to do in the 7-generation-curse department. > > Natural selection is enough to explain pain, and bad luck enough for > suffering. You deserve better. > > Let's rejoice that the Pope was able to express his wishes regarding > the manner of his death and to choose the manner of treatment, or > refuse same. He died with his dignity intact. > > Living will is the way to go. > > Enjoy! > Rick McGirr > Email: [log in to unmask] > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joe Thome" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 2:34 PM > Subject: Re: Goodbye and hello? > > > > Barbara, > > > > I agree with everything you said about The Pope. > > > > I heard a news report on TV which said that The Pope believed that > the human > > experience calls for suffering. > > > > One could easily postulate that that is true or else God would > have > created > > us to not be vulnerable to horrific diseases, among them > Parkinson's. > > > > Joe Thome > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network > > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Barbara > Patterson > > Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 9:19 PM > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Goodbye and hello? > > > > Just wanted to express my sorrow in the loss of Pope John Paul II. > We > > have lost a great and a good man who also showed the whole world > the > > ravages of Parkinson's. I know many don't agree with some of his > > opinions (I disagreed with some of them, myself), but I admired > him > for > > his courage and honesty and love for people and for his dedication > to > > freedom. Hopefully, the pictures of his suffering with > Parkinson's, > > will inspire people to help find a way to put an end to > Parkinson's > . > > Saying good bye to him brings much sadness but we were fortunate > to > have > > had him for as long as we did. > > > > On April 16, I hope to have the opportunity to say hello to many > of > you > > at the Unity Walk in New York City. Both John Cottingham and I > will > be > > there and look forward to seeing you. Let us know if you plan to > be > > there and we'll plan to get together. > > > > Barbara Patterson > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > > > --- > > Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > Version: 6.0.859 / Virus Database: 585 - Release Date: 2/14/2005 > > > > > > --- > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > Version: 6.0.859 / Virus Database: 585 - Release Date: 2/14/2005 > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > > 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