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Maggie........ what a nice msg to read so early in the morning.....it just made my day...and I loved the following.....": so encouragement to all you new members out there grab this demon PD by the tail abnd make him occasionally take a back seat!!!!!!!!!!!(We know he will always be there so try the cold shoulder occasionally)............thanks for a nice wake up call....... Have a great day....Joan Hartman ----- Original Message ----- From: david clark and margaret clark <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 1999 5:56 AM Subject: re poetry > Hi > After twelve years of dealing with our uninvited guest PD having read > everything I could find and watched and listened about other peoples > rapid or slow progress of this so unpredictable disorder I find as > in"normal" walks of life we gather into certain groupings. There are > those that just sit and winge and never seem to get themselves out of > dismal depression if only they can realise that there is so much out > there to be done for others who are far worse than yourself .then there > are the do gooders who go to the earthend to try and encourage and help > others when probably needing help themselves and then there are the > sitters on the back line watching it all criticising every suggestion > made about our plight,complaining that nothing works for them. > I think most of us have been through these various stages and I > sincerely beleive that part of therapy is to give and not always take. > We all have something that someone else could benefit from and this is > leading up to poetry . I found just writing down (the operative word I > mean pattering away on the pc. )as no longer can write for length of > time. your feelings at that time and later going back to read them .we > seem to get an increase in our sensitivity with PD dont we? We can cry > we have to learn to lEARN TO LAUGH AT OURSELVES what complex people we > have become Cinderella when hastening back to home before "off" time > descends. Quasemodo from when we first struggle and shuffle around > crumpled and bent in the morning before the help of the blue pink and > white miracle makers are taken. Rip Van Winkle when sitting at the > dinner table and in a flash your face is in your plate My the roles I > could play!if energy would allow!!!!!!and all in one day.I am writing > these all in to pieces of poetry finding it great therapy have started a > new support group now41 mmembers strong and hope that I can pass on this > feeling of being someoneand not just another victim of our uninvited > guest. I am even trying to paint once again after many years of having > to give up my most cherished decorative painting. The canvas are rough > but a style is forming "ME": so encouragement to all you new members out > there grab this demon PD by the tail abnd make him occasionally take a > back seat!!!!!!!!!!!(We know he will always be there so try the cold > shoulder occasioally) > love hope and faith for a cure Magaret(Maggie)Clark 48/60 >