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On the 17th July 1997 I wrote: "Finally, as I see it, the real question in regard to the list is "do I belong to it for what I can get out of it, or for what I can give to it?" For most of us the answer will be a balance of the two. We join for what help we can get. With time we find ourselves giving more and more. Hopefully a balance evolves. As for me, if the day ever comes when I feel that not only am I not getting anything from being here, but ALSO that I am not giving anything to the list, I shall fold my tents, say my goodbyes and leave. Why would I stay? Why would you want me to?" Well I guess that time is here. My tents are folded and all that is left is the goodbyes, and of course the "thank yous" to the many, many people on this list who have reached out in friendship, touched my life and made it easier to live. I suspect that 6 months or a year from now I may well feel the need to touch base here again so I'll say au revoir not adieu. I came with Tennyson, I'll leave with me: " CHOICES We will know we're no longer children when we can finally see that all roads are crossroads on the way to Calvary; that tears and smiles can mingle, that dusk can look like dawn, and all of us are hurting who struggle with the storm." Dennis +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Dennis Greene There's nothing wrong with me that a cure for PD won't fix! [log in to unmask] http://members.networx.net.au/~dennisg/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++