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> Dear Listfriends, > > To be docile or what? > > First I thought I knew that docile meant : "teaching people" and I was > thinking of answering : "yes, I'm docile" without being braggart. I have the > patience of a patient to explain patiently to another patient that it can be > done better in the way I think, and maybe they can consider to do it that way. > > But : > > I started to doubt when I read the answers and searched for the word > "docile" in my dictionary. > > No : I'm not docile, on the contrarary I am a pigheaded, homemade, studious, > auto-didactional person who is asking very difficult answering questions > which have lead me in to a lot of trouble. And I didn't change at all. When > people ask me what I think they get my opinion. About people I am mild, > because it is easy to break people and I love all the people on this earth. > But when I don't like it, I tell it AND when I DO like it I tell it at least > twice, because I believe in the people and know that most people need a > compliment now and then. I only tell it when I REALLY mean it. > > So I'm not docile, but I am not chronic tired. I have a lot of energy, as > long as I can sit at my computer and don't have to write or use my right > arm/hand to much. So I take my laptop to wherever I go. And in the airplane > I wrote a poem, thinking of a group of special people, with a chronical > disease called : PD. > > It is about a famous Dutch painter who couldn't paint, but pushed himself > above his ability, just like we Parkies do a lot : "do more than you > actually can". We do that to prove ourselves to ourselves. I think Parkies > are very special people. Very nice, helpful and patient with a lot of > courage and a good sense of humor. > > Vincent > > > He thought of himself he was a failure, > But he didn't realize he had one tremendous quality: > Reaching the target he had in mind for himself, > Did he than already knew his destiny? > . > Starting with studies of working people, > Hundreds of them were never shown in public > His drawings were very pauver and creple > But he went through every stadium of suffer > > Suffer from eternal flames to succeed in his efforts > To reach the ultimate goal of successfull painting > Like his friends in Den Haag, Paris and in Arles for short, > To put his ideas on the paper white as a virgin > > And when the starry night is made did you reach to eternity? > Did you have to waist your life so you became > The highlight for painters efforts to use the energy > Which everyone has inside, that lead you to insanity. > > I know a bunch of people who use their energy, > To reach above their own forces, yes they know > But never talk about it, because it's not necessary > We know! We are just restless that is what we show > > So Vincent, you showed us the way we have to go, > To realise that we have it all inside > We just have to accept it, like you told us to, > But we may never forget to keep our pride > > Kees paap > February 11, 1997 > > > As you might know, he painted very beautiful at the last years of his life > after years of practising. So, if you can't do something in one way, try > another way, maybe that will work.!!! And if not : try something else. > > > Kees Paap > >