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Old 08-19-2007, 06:34 PM
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Originally Posted by steffi 001 View Post
But who are we without warmth,and grace...care and love...generosity of spirit and a willingness to manage others before ourselves?

This needs no replies,truly.It is not posted for that . I just needed to say we might have a raw deal with our illness. It doesn`t stop folk from seeing the light that can still shine within us.If we care to use it.
Steffi, it is hard to not reply to such anguish as yours. All I can say is my heart cries with you.

Do Not Stand at my Grave and Weep


largely considered to be written by Mary Elizabeth Frye (1904-2004)

Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there, I do not sleep.

I am in a thousand winds that blow,
I am the softly falling snow.

I am the gentle showers of rain,
I am the fields of ripening grain.

I am in the morning hush,
I am in the graceful rush

Of beautiful birds in circling flight,
I am the starshine of the night.

I am in the flowers that bloom,
I am in a quiet room.

I am in the birds that sing,
I am in each lovely thing.

Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there. I do not die.
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I long to accomplish a great and noble tasks, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble. The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker. ~~Helen Keller
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