Perhaps one way we can thank them is to work hard for a cure and, once we have one, utilize the rest of our improved lives to help others. A simple sentiment, but it can accomplish a great deal. BTW Helen, i really like your quote at the end of your signature. :-) At 10:00 10/20/95, Helen Ormsby wrote: >Thank you, Wendy, for your poem and thoughts. I agree with you. I wonder >if there is some way that we can say "thank you" to those who must die so >that we can live in more comfort? > Helen > >-- >Helen Ormsby = [log in to unmask] >Eagle River, Alaska > >"If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress?" -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Peace from the clouds" \--*MH*--/ Birth Name: Jeffrey Romanyshyn Email: mythhawk@west,net Spiritual/Animal Moniker: Myth-Hawk Occupations: Poet/Ph.D. student: Mythological Studies "Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist after he grows up." - Picasso "A society that has long lived with oppositional thinking and a deeply embedded belief in dualism denies the dynamic interdependence of the opposites--which pulsates at the core of myth--what a mythic way of knowing is all about!" - (C.A. Burke, L. Hogan, & J.R. Romanyshyn) If you wish, please check out some of my poetry (written under ROM CARPATHIAN) and other fine literary creations at the M. David Lewis Enterprises HomePage at: http://www.mdle.com