Maybe Death Is The Great Equalizer, The

The Tension Of Opposites: Life Is A Series Of Pulls Back And Forth. You Want To Do One Thing, But You Are Bound To Do Something Else. Something Hurts You, Yet You Know It Shouldn't. You Take Certain Things For Granted, Even When You Know You Should Never Take Anything For Granted. A Tension Of Opposites, Like A Pull On A Rubber Band. And Most Of Us Live Somewhere In The Middle.

Once You Learn How To Die You Learn How To Live.

Grieve And Mourn For Yourself Not Once Or Twice, But Again And Again.

There Is No Formula To Relationships. They Have To Be Negotiated In Loving Ways, With Room For Both Parties, What They Want And What They Need, What They Can Do And What Their Life Is Like. In Business, People Negotiate To Win. They Negotiate To Get What They Want. Maybe You’re Too Used To That. Love Is Different. Love Is When You Are As Concerned About Someone Else’s Situation As You Are About Your Own.

My Contention Is That As Long As You Have Other Faculties-the Emotional, Psychological, Intuitive Faculties-you Haven't Lost Yourself Or Even Diminished Yourself. Don't Be Ashamed When You're Physically Limited Or Dysfunctional; Don't Think That You're Any Less Because Of Your Condition. In Fact, I Feel I Am Even More Myself Than I Was Before I Got This Illness Because I Have Been Able To Transcend Many Of The Psychological And Emotional Limitations I Had Before I Developed Als.