appreciation

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Hi Colleen,

I love this and can relate to so much of it!Colleen <cricket5643000@...> wrote:

appreciation Maybe God wanted us to meet the wrong people before meeting the right one so that when we finally meet the right person, we will know how to be grateful for that gift. Maybe when the door of happiness closes, another opens, but often times we look so long at the closed door that we don't see the one which has been opened for us. Maybe the best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch and swing with, never say a word, and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you've ever had. Maybe it is true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it is also true that we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives. Don't go

for looks; they can deceive. Don't go for wealth; even that fades away. Go for someone who makes you smile because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright. Find the one that makes your heart smile. There are moments in life when you miss someone so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them for real. Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be what you want to be, because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do. May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human, enough hope to make you happy. The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.

Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss and ends with a tear. The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past, you can't go on well in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches. When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so that when you die, you are the one smiling and everyone around you is crying. I sent this message to those people who mean something to me, to those who have touched my life in one way or another, to those who make me smile when I really need it, to those that make me see the brighter side of things when I am really down, to those who I want to let know that I appreciate their friendship.

Beth S.

"Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole." - Caras

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Just wanted to express my appreciation to this group of wonderful people who

share their knowledge and concerns on this site. I have been a member now for

about 2 months and have learned alot about CMT. Life is certainly full of

challenges....the only difference is how we choose to deal with them. KEEP THE

FAITH.

(from Oregon)

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In a message dated 4/8/2006 9:43:54 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,

franksakin@... writes:

Life is certainly full of challenges....the only difference is how we choose

to deal with them.

That is the truth ! We need to live our best life with or without CMT.

I am trying to teach my kids that they don't have to be perfect at something

to enjoy it.

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Melinda, I hope you will be able to contact from our group who had a Bells Palsy attack while in her 20's. She may be able to offer some clues. Did I send you her email address already? PattyMelinda <askydaughter@...> wrote: Dear Everyone,I've been ever so grateful for being here again and reading all the posts as well as being welcome to post -- it's been very much a blessing.I appreciate the compassion and how all of you are so helpful and supportive. You're really so beautiful! And for me personally the input has been really helpful. This morning, because my eyes have really been bothering me I called my eye doctor -- I can usually get in quite fast because I have had glaucoma since I was about 40, 13 years

now. I'd been taking my drops so didn't think that was the problem and found out it is not the cause of my blurring vision -- I have posterior subcapsular shagreen cataracts. I realized how senstivie I am to words like "subcapsular" (I used to hear that one a lot with "contracture") and "implants" -- what they use in your eyes to replace the lenses -- "there's no metals in them like in breast implants, Melinda, so don't worry." but I do. Right now I don't know what will happen next -- I don't have a consult until mid-July.Anyway, with the Bell's Palsy and now this failing vision (though I'm am so grateful other ills have healed so much or become lessened) I won't be participating as much as I'd hoped with the group. I need to not stress my eyes. I feel sad about that too.I do enjoy reading the posts -- some wonderful things going on -- and will do so as I am able (or ask my

daughter to).My daughter wants to do some research to see if there is any tie-in at all to the silicone/saline issue and the Bell's Palsy (which after a year has not healed) and now the eyes. Maybe, maybe not. It's a big job to take on. She has said "This is just ridiculous Mama that you have had all these physical challenges which normally do not strike a woman your age now and when they have. I think it is from the implants, including the stress." I'm lucky to have her, especially since near everyone else says "Oh gee, NOW what do you have wrong with you!?" Keep on keepin' on and God bless you! I wish great healing in all-ways for everyone here and those who are not but who are out there in the world on this same journey.Blessings,Melinda__________________________________________________