>In a message dated 4/30/99 12:56:53 PM EST, ckbower(AT)csrlink.net writes:
>
><< I am so afraid I will have to live with this forever.>>
>
>Dear CKBower et al.
>TM is something we here all have to live with. Whether we want to or not.
>In the grand scheme of things and in my humble opinion, we are alive and
>still able to do some good in our lives and/or for others we may inspire.
I
>know we'd like to have our bodies back the way they were prior to being
>diagnosed with TM.......
>BUT...........as with everything .....some do and some don't. It is what
we
>do with what we have that makes the difference. I know we are all strong
>individuals here, with enough spirit, courage, and resolution. Lets not
>forget our tenacity. With all that going for us, lets put it to good use.
>If in our struggles, we fail to reach out and help a friend or a stranger,
it
>is only due to our inner resolution to try to attain what we lost when we
>were first knocked down with TM. I have had many years to become
comfortable
>with my "condition", so I may be in a different place than many of you. In
>my travels in life to get here, I made myself a promise to always try to be
>there for anyone who may need whatever I can give. I may not be able to
>provide physical strength to help, so I try to provide emotional strength.
>Sometimes it works and sad to say, sometimes it doesn't......but I won't
stop
>trying. You see ....there may be one more person hiding out there, to
afraid
>to show their face who may really need my hand......and to them I am
holding
>it out......take it, hold it and know that I care.
>
>This group has done far more good than not, for the many who have
subscribed
>and also unsubscibed (due to being active again), with that I applaud each
>and everyone here.
>
>I had to get that off my chest with the recent postings to the list and to
me.
>
>Thanks for bearing with me thru it.
>
>Smiles to all,
>Kris~
>