Notice my m key went missing. Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message:
> Resent-From: quad-list@eskimo.com > From: RONALD L PRACHT <r.pra...@sbcglobal.net> > Date: January 27, 2017 1:35:43 PM EST > To: Quad-list Post <quad-list@eskimo.com> > Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Why keep pushing on > Reply-To: RONALD L PRACHT <r.pra...@sbcglobal.net> > > What it comes down to is there is no option other than suicide to get out of > it. What has helped me is the realization that life is short for everybody > and in 50 years nobody will know the difference who was a quad or not. Life > is a gift, even as a quad and each of us have to find our own reasons. I dont > know if you have heard the song by garth brooks called the dance, but it > talks about lifes pain and gifts. In order to get out of the pain you would > of had to miss the dance. Think about all the special things you have done in > your life. We have to struggle harder to find purpose each day that the > average person thats for sure. I think a quad knows and appreciates the > little things life gives us more. Listen to the song and maybe that can help. > > > On Friday, January 27, 2017 11:57 AM, Paul Jacobson <pjacob...@san.rr.com> > wrote: > > > love > > From: Jeffrey Gaede > Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2017 6:34 PM > To: Quad-list Post > Subject: [QUAD-L] Why keep pushing on > > Why do people keep pushing on? I mean it's bad enough to be substantially > disabled, but it doesn't stop there. People, in general, don't want to be > around you. It's difficult to go places and do things; average things that > most people do all the time. And you know from experience that illnesses and > such can pop up at any moment, much more easily than the average person. You > try like hell to avoid being dependent on the government but it's nearly > impossible, even if you work full-time. That means you constantly have > someone with which to answer. Someone with their own rules, who can't begin > to understand you and what you go through on a daily basis. I could see where > if you were recently disabled then maybe you haven't been through enough to > realize what life is going to throw your way, but what about those of us that > have been around a while? What keeps you pushing on… Jeff > > > From: greg <g...@eskimo.com> > To: quad-list@eskimo.com > Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2017 6:30 PM > Subject: [QUAD-L] Bd > > I hate going to bed. I freeze the first half hour no matter how warm I get my > room. > Shake like I'm convulsing. > I'd stay in my chair 24/7 if I could. > Plus I just hate not being able to move around. > Greg > > > >
