Thanks, janice; I would dry up if I couldn¹t do anything for others, even tell nice stories to children or others.
Right now I am writing my second book. It wont make any money but I like the idea of spreading thoughts out there for others to argu about and criticize. Later, Dalton On 22/5/10 6:59 AM, "Janice Nichols" <jan...@centurytel.net> wrote: > You are right - we can still be useful people.. After all, we have our > brains and if our attitude can be kept in line with the brain, we can be very > useful. > Janice > > > From: Dalton Garis <mailto:malugss...@gmail.com> > Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 3:17 PM > To: Regina Rummel <mailto:regina...@sbcglobal.net> ; tmic-list@eskimo.com > Subject: Re: [TMIC] Jeron's crisis > > Yeah! > > That¹s what we should be talking about! We gotta support each other and GUIDE > each other tp more productivity and adjustment to a life as good as it can be. > > I was lucky in several ways. (1) I¹m not that bad off with the TM and the MS > has let me alone for now. For instance, this is the first day I can¹t walk > due to the spasticity attacks and the following deadening fatigue in the legs > and arms. And (2) I was paralyzed briefly when I was 22 from an industrial > accident and had to do a lot of attitude adjusting back then. So, this, at > aged 62, is not so bad, thankfully. And I am still able to be productive. > > Its possible for us to be useful in some ways, and that adds to our positive > spirituality, and that can save us at times. > > Best, > > Dalton New York/Abu Dhabi > > > On 22/5/10 12:04 AM, "Regina Rummel" <regina...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > >> Like Jeron, when I realized (about four years ago) that THIS was it, that I >> was never going to go back to my "normal" life style, and that I would >> probably even get worse, I wanted to die. I couldn't stand it. I gave away >> most of my jewelry to my daughter, piled up give away stuff to the Salvation >> Army, finalized my will, made funeral arrangements, etc. That's basically >> what I did, hoping I wouldn't last too much longer. The best I could say >> about it, is that it kept me busy until an MRI sent me to the hospital again >> with an AVA. Of course I hoped I'd die for sure during the operation. I >> didn't. >> >> To go back to those early days, like Jeron, I wrote to this TM support >> group, not knowing too much about how it worked. On the subject line, I >> wrote "Venting". And oh boy! did I ever vent! >> >> I will never forget the kindness of all the responses I got. Reading them >> sort of mobilized my senses, slapped me with a good dose of common sense, >> and got me going, where? I don't know... But here I am. Like so many of >> us, I survived. No need to go over the pain, the frustrations, the >> irritations with doctors who don't know what to do with you, the expensive >> medications, etc. The bottom line is that if we survived we had to reach a >> certain level of acceptance. Jeron, from the bottom of my heart, I hope >> that you will too. You have the support and the understanding of a fabulous >> support group who care, and are always willing to listen, just like I do. >> Good luck! >> Regina >> >
