hi john [again] >re: Responce to Patrica re: hope and fear >Patrica, to paraphrase one of Shakespear's characters (beats me which one): >"Is it better to have tried and failed, than never have tried at all?". I >view my condition as a "road less traveled by". While I may not have >chosen to travel this road, now that I am on it, I am going to try to make >it as interesting as possible. i think it's interesting that we all want to feel in control [especially me!] that we make choices that we and 'we alone' have 'power' over i'm starting to learn that i have no control at all that the struggle for control is shadow-boxing that the tour guide is driving this bus and won't let me peek at the map i'm starting to learn that all i need to do is look out the windows at the wonders your syber sis janet [log in to unmask]