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hi all At 09:19 1999/08/25 -0400, hilary wrote: >THAT DOESNT MEAN WE HAVE TO ACCEPT IT. >I fight against the wheel chair - I will NOT use a walker - >till I absolutely have to, and I fight against passivity. >You, of all people, Janet, are a fighter. Maybe there are those >whom biochemical passivity has rendered immobile physically and >mentally. Personally, I have been rejectting that imagw of myself >for 2 6 yuears, and I'll go on doing it for as long as possible >- with a little help from my friends.... there are so many shadings to the word acceptance... i don't have my dictionary or thesaurus handy but when i use the term acceptance i do not mean 'give in to' 'succumb to' in a negative sense i mean 'acknowledge' 'recognise' in a positive sense as in the stages of grief: denial anger bargaining depression acceptance it's what i described in your 'disability description' the facts ma'am just the facts there are also many shadings to the word passivity as there are many degrees to clinical depression whose paralysis of willpower is its most destructive aspect [according to david burns md] i have had to learn and still am learning that my inner critical voice is a distortion and a lie but i couldn't can't do that learning on my own and that in itself was a tough lesson working hard at facing reality smack in the face under the bright light of day seeing the joy in it is where i find my energy and my fight and my gumption and my compassion janet janet paterson 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset po box 171, almonte, ontario, canada, K0A 1A0 a new voice: http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/ [log in to unmask]