 |
 |
Tebay, Wendy M wrote: > > I'm sure Michael J. Fox has his good days and his bad ones, just like the > rest of us, and he may have been putting on a bit of a positive spin on his > situation, due to his public image, etc., but I tend to applaud and agree > with his general view of his illness and how he's dealing with it. He > sounds pretty realistic, but yet still hopeful, and I believe that to be > key. I haven't personally set any specific age at which I expect to be > healed, but I know it's coming, whether science helps me achieve, or I > manage to do it by brute mental power and a touch of grace. As I've said > many times, I will never accept the negative espoused outcome for pd. I > simply refuse, period. Not that it won't change, and perhaps worsen, but > I'll never agree with the "relentlessly progressive" diagnosis which I've > heard many times. I know one thing for sure, if I accept that outcome as my > own, then it will definitely come true, no doubt about it. If I refuse to > accept it, then I at least have half a chance of beating it eventually, > especially if I can keep my health up otherwise in the meantime. > > I also like his view that PD has brought him many blessings, and that he > wouldn't trade his situation, nor does he consider himself a victim. One > can only be a victim, if one permits it to happen. I may end up disabled > at some point, but I'm no victim. This physical body is only a small part > of who I really am, it doesn't define me completely. I believe that part of > each of us that really matters is eternal anyway. > > So, before I go, I thought I'd share this poem I recently wrote, which is > based on an idea my Dad had to explain reality, and the nature of the > "miraculous". > > Wendy Tebay > -------------------------- > > Nth DIMENSION > > Picture this > A stick figure > On a piece of paper > With a box drawn around him > A two-dimensional Being > Bound by four walls > > Now picture yourself > A Being existing > In four dimensions > Capable of walking > Without difficulty > Right over these walls > > Because you exist > At a 'higher' level > These flat boundaries > Are simply illusion > While to the stick figure > They bind his universe > > Picture this > You as a Being > Existing in four dimensions > Your known universe > Seemingly bound > By both space & time > > Now picture this > Yet another Being > Perhaps God Himself > Who exists at an > Even 'higher' level > Than yourself > > This Being who exists > In the Nth dimension > Is free to wander > Across and over > All of the boundaries > Which you can perceive > > Now imagine this > What if you too > Were in actuality > A Being also existing > In N dimensions > Rather than in four only? > > Would that perhaps > Change forever > Your former concepts > Of your perceived reality > And your definition > Of what is possible? > > Well, imagine no more > For as you were made > In God's image > If you will believe > And see with God's eyes > So shall you be also > > An infinite, unbounded > And eternal Being > Walking alongside God > Over walls and borders > Defying and challenging > The very nature of reality > > Free then to create > A world without limits > Where miracles are now > Totally commonplace > And the commonplace > Has become magical > > This knowledge you've gained > Is not yours alone > Rather it is to be shared > With those still bound > By self-imposed limits > Unaware of their true nature > > *copyright Wendy Tebay > > ------------------------ > Perhaps we are, in physical form, 4-D projections of N-dimensional beings, > who are truly infinite and eternal. After all, aren't we made in God's > image? In my view then, if God probably doesn't have PD, then I don't think > that I'm meant to either, and the more I realize my true nature (i.e., > god-like), the more the PD will disappear, as it will become irrelevant and > the lessons it has to teach will no longer be needed. It's worth > WENDY TEBAY Thanks for sharing your thoughts and your dad with me.Some how they hit proper spot at the proper time. Cheers Craig 60/58/57.5.