hi ron i have no response to yours and jerry's words except to repeat them for anyone who might have missed them i'm glad both of you are my cyber-siblings you wrote; >Jerry Finch, and all of us, >Every day we are alive is a special occasion. >you wrote in part: > >>Someone has already questioned >>what I have to gain out of all this. >>Caught me cold, put the barrel of the gun >>right there on my forehead and made me tell the truth. >.Okay, I admit it. As ashamed as I am to tell you this, >>I'd like to see my three grandchild grow up. >>I'd like to teach them to love horses as much as I do. >>I'd like to go on long walks with my wife. >>I'd like to throw all my pills in the trash >>and wake up in the morning feeling wonderful. >>Pure selfishness. >> >>You don't know me and I don't know you, either. >>But we have something in common, you and I, >>something neither of us want. >>Let's work together to get rid of our problem. >>Maybe we won't succeed - but at least we tried. > >i tend to pick nits >you left the 'ren' off the word grandchildren > >your truth and wants - parallel mine >how can you be ashamed of these universal truths? > >feeling wonderful >how child-like >nearly perfect >feeling full of wonder - choosing to live - >seeing that i can see and look and smell and decide to be >to meet the challenge - >to live well with what i have left- >to en-joy my life - >to contribute - >to discover, learn, teach, display, my spirit - my humanity > >these win the day >these defeat the "problem" - the PD - the limitations > >we have much in common >humanity > >knowing thyself >eventually involves our selves >we are on this earth >we are each part of us >Alan B inspired many (our Gipper) > >let us win one for Alan's spirit of self-less-ness > >all of Congress will feel good about their having supported our cause - >if we can help them understand - >we all must do what seems best for each other - >to feel good > >to be good - >to do good - >is the primary process that causes one (and all some day?) >to feel good > >Ron Vetter 1936, dz PD 1984, carbidopa/levodopa, Mirapex, selegiline janet janet paterson aka calendar control supervisor 51/10 - sinemet/selegiline/prozac - [log in to unmask] quotations: http://newww.com/cgi-bin/do_cal?c:newvoice pwp event calendar: http://newww.com/cgi-bin/do_cal?c:pwpc