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Hi janet: I love this answer, with 'bits and pieces' of different Parkies included. Honored to have been among them...On the lighter side, I was reading the post and thinking, yes, this is an interesting comment, when I realized with a jolt that it was written by ME. Whoa...talk about short term memory loss. Carole H. --- janet paterson <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > At 21:39 1999/11/10 -0700, you wrote: > >Janet, what's the Mars Mambo Express with Bern...sounds > exciting. I used to > >love to dance...(one of the saddest things for me, > losing my sense of > >rythym--I can feel the beat, but I can't keep time to > it.) but maybe by then > >I'll be able to dance again? > > > > > > -------------------------------------- > Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 02:56:19 -0400 > From: janet paterson > Subj: NONPD: a pome > -------------------------------------- > > estrangement > > a strange meant > a making strange > a losing touch > a shutting out > a shutting in > > shut the door > close it off > end it > > put a stop to it > make it final > no more > > all out of fear > intolerance > out of fear > jealousy > out of fear > anger > out of fear > fear > out of fear > > fear of hurting > fear of losing > fear of giving > fear of taking > fear of needing > fear of wanting > fear of loving > > > 1999/09/01 > > > -------------------------------------- > Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 10:57:52 +0200 > From: Bernard Shaw > Subj: Re: NONPD: a pome > -------------------------------------- > > Dear Janet, > > Your poem got to me, are you feeling depressive today > or are you generally having a bad time.? > I have a saying which goes like this. > If your face wants to smile, Let it. > If it doesn't, Make it. > Easy for me to write but I honestly try to smile no > matter how I > feel. The world is for most Parkinson patients one big up > and down, > mainly downs when I am to be honest. I hope that I have > made a > mistake about your Poem and that you feel on top of the > world. > > Bern. > > -------------------------------------- > Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 06:04:13 -0700 > From: Carole Hercun > Subj: Re: NONPD: a pome > -------------------------------------- > > Very nice. A bit on the dark side. But, as I am > learning, that's part of life, isn't it? > > Carole > > -------------------------------------- > Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 09:59:56 -0400 > From: janet paterson > Subj: Re: NONPD: a pome > -------------------------------------- > > hi all > > At 10:57 1999/09/03 +0200, bern wrote: > >Your poem got to me, are you feeling depressive today > >or are you generally having a bad time.?... > > neither! > > that 'pome' was some musing on thoughts and observations > which had been percolating in my head for awhile > > i will take your reaction > as one of the nicest compliments about my writing > that i've ever had! > > >I have a saying which goes like this. > >If your face wants to smile, Let it. If it doesn't, Make > it... > > sort of like an old song about whistling > "whenever i feel afraid...." > > >Easy for me to write but I honestly try to smile > >no matter how I feel. The world is for most Parkinson > >patients one big up and down, mainly downs when I am > >to be honest... > > i think it's important that we 'allow' ourselves > to feel lousy when we feel lousy > > it was also important to me to realize > that i could actively make a conscious choice in how i > looked at > ... everything! > > >I hope that I have made a mistake about your Poem > >and that you feel on top of the world. Bern. > >http://members.teleweb.at/bernard.shaw/poetry.html > > i don't know if i would call it a 'mistake' > if my words grabbed your heart and did a little twisting > there > > maybe it's a case of my words having the 'power' to grab > maybe it's a case of your heart being open and > 'twistable' > > janet > > -------------------------------------- > Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 10:01:34 -0400 > From: janet paterson > Subj: Re: NONPD: a pome > -------------------------------------- > > At 06:04 1999/09/03 -0700, carole wrote: > >Very nice. A bit on the dark side. But, as I am > >learning, that's part of life, isn't it? > > thank you, carole > and, > yes it is, > just as surely as day follows night > > janet > > -------------------------------------- > Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 16:23:53 +0200 > From: Bernard Shaw > Subj: Re: NONPD: a pome > -------------------------------------- > > Janet > > I am so pleased that you are alright. Your poem did touch > me > but then nowadays so much touches me that I did not > consciously > see before Parkinon's. A piece of music .a child that is > in > distress, a poverty stricken person anywhere in the > world. My > heart goes out to them. Is it possibly all this Sinamet.? > Does > it cause our brains to react differently or is it Old Age > creeping > up.? > I tell everone that I meet, I will live to be a hundred, > Parkinson or no Parkinson. I want to see the civilisation > jump in > the next thirty years. Perhaps I too will be able to go > to Mars or > even the Moon. I have alwayss been an optimist so perhaps > I will > reach the 100 mark. > > Bern > > > -------------------------------------- > Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 12:30:30 -0700 > From: Carole Hercun > Subj: Re: NONPD: a pome > === message truncated === ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com