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hi joan At 05:08 1998/12/18 -0600, you wrote, in part: >Hello all-once again, I see that Christmas >brings out the "best" in everyone! interesting, it hadn't occurred to me, [i'm taking the low-key route this year!] but of course this 'holiday festivity' season stuff can be tough for a lot of people to get through without getting stressed up to their eyeballs if they aren't at that level already >I feel that it is like comparing apples to >oranges, comparing PD and any other disease... 'my hurt's bigger than your hurt... my dad can beat your dad...' >why waste time swapping horror stories, when >all we have to do is to turn on any tv news >program or just about any tv talk show (springer, >riccki, sally jessie, etc.) to see profound >human suffering in its many guises! 'my reality is in my face... the talk shows are all fake... i don't read the newspapers it's all too sad...' >We could be in a War & still have PD, or anyone >of a thousand other combinations... too grisly to >consider. yikes and adding to all the stress of course and unmentioned so far as i have seen here is the u.n./u.s./u.k attack on iraq and the surreal vision of surface to air missiles live in your face in your living room each afternoon >No, it's not fair that I have PD and my neighbor >doesn't but nobody promised me fair! alsolutely! life isn't fair life is difficult we are here to learn and to learn how to love if that isn't difficult i don't know what is >That's why I'm not going to mention those "wife" jokes, >some people may find them funny and you could just as >easily say "husband" for wife. being able to laugh at ourselves is a blessing but it needs a certain amount of distance it's hard to do when under stress >Just thought that I'd let you know that you're doing >a good job of pushing all of my buttons this morning... i have been learning that no-one can push my buttons unless i allow it unless my belief in myself is wobbly it's one of the hardest things i've had to learn but when i get it to work it feels good! ye olde philosopher janet janet paterson - 51 now /41 dx /37 onset - almonte/ontario/canada [log in to unmask]