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oh, barb, i'm sorry to hear about bev i'm sorry for the loss and pain felt by her family and friends i truly believe that we are each here for a unique purpose maybe this was part of bev's: > this group of people has responded amazingly... >messages were powerful, open, caring and full of support... >What a truly wonderful group of people you are... the biggest lie that is perpetrated throughout our society is that we 'should' be and are entitled to be happy and comfortable all the time i believe that we are here to learn sometimes learning is easy sometimes learning is hard sometimes it is painful while we can try to stop learning and just stagnate in fear we cannot stop the lessons being handed to us and this is one of them which we are all lucky enough to be able to share as a cyber-family >We all lost no we haven't lost we have experienced pain without that knowledge we couldn't experience joy we would be robots the only way any of us could 'lose' by bev's passing is if we don't learn from it >what would be the most useful or effective thing to do? the healthcare system didn't take bev pd didn't take bev cd didn't either not directly the simplistic thinking that perpetrates the concepts emotionality = weakness rationality = strength did the ridiculous cloak of toxic shame surrounding any expression of pain and grief did none of us needs to feel shame about our humanity with love janet janet paterson 51-10 / sinemet-selegiline-prozac almonte-ontario-canada / [log in to unmask]