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Barb Mallut wrote: "I suggest MAKE the most of NOW... everyday of the week (which you may already do, and in that case, just delete this puppy). Squeeze the maximum amount of pleasure and enjoyment (a possible redundancy, but who cares). If ya can't take giant steps toward good times and good things, take smaller steps. But try to include as many things that you hold precious in to the days and weeks as you can. Remind yourself to not only be strong, but to be positive... This can make the difference between merely existing, or really living. It's not the partner who'd bring you happiness... the seeds to that are already there within you." I'd like to suggest that this advice not be taken by only the PDers out there. We all need to live our lives fully. My husband and I are both volunteer fire fighters in our "free" time. We could go into a fire and never come out. We could go into a fire and come out with an immediate disability. We could go into a fire and come out with the seeds of a future disability. But, even our somewhat dangerous "hobby" isn't our only life threatening activity: We live in New Jersey. He travels the NJ Turnpike to work each day, and I drive other equally exciting roads on my 1.5+ hour commute (each way, but who's counting?). Who knows if there's a tractor trailer with "our name on it" waiting on the next ramp? There are limitations we all face, some physical, some emotional, some logistical. (With a long commute, I can't spend as much time on the yard work as I'd like, etc., etc.) Barb's suggestion to 'make the most of now' is something we all can take to heart. Further along, Barb says to 'remind yourself to not only be strong, but to be positive'. Wouldn't the world be a much better place if we all tried to follow that suggestion? Imagine a news report where they would say 'There was one firebombing in town today, 3 people were hurt, and that was horrible, but there were 350,000 other people in town who weren't hurt.' Yeah, we all have our down days (or weeks or months). I'm not trying to deny or diminish those. We just can't let the down days rule our weeks. We should "Seize the day!" (is that 'carpe diem'?) and live that day to the fullest that we can that particular day. Augh! That sounds like I'm on the infamous soap box! I'd better climb down before I fall. (My husband frequently reminds me that while that infamous woman was branded with a Scarlet 'A', I should be branded with a black & blue 'K' - for Klutz.) Happy Monday to all.