Alright, I may be stepping out of line here Kathy so take it or leave at you
must.  Why don't you pray for healing instead?  Sometimes healing is what
happens inside as you learn to accept yourself as who you are.  You seem to
have a lot of pain inside you Kathy that needs to heal so that you can truly
love the person that you are.  This doesn't mean that you don't try to grow
as a human being.  I find the serenity prayer to be most helpful when I'm
feeling down on myself and when I wonder if I'll ever be the person I want
to be.  This doens't mean that everyday will be painfree and wonderful but,
that you accept, and get on with the life you have.


Beth the OT

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-----Original Message-----
From: St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List
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Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 8:07 AM
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Subject: Re: Having CP in Public (was: Today)


Anthony, So , I was right (on ACOLUG), you do have Cerebral Palsy , I know
what you are saying here , too.  I had to have an personal aide in school
(and still do).  My senior year's (of high school) substitute said the same
thing to me and I will been praying ever since for a cure for Cerebral Palsy
(twice a day).  And , maybe , that's wrong of me to do that.  (Somebody ,
please correct me , if this is the case.)  Anthony, perhaps we should take
this discussion to private E-Mail to be curious to the other Cerebral Palsy
ListMates.

Thanks,
Kathy






----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthony Arnold" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2001 5:43 PM
Subject: Re: Having CP in Public (was: Today)


> The times when people make me the most mad and scared are the times when
I'm
> somewhere in public and they think nothing of coming up to me and offering
> preyers for me so god heels me.  I know that people would love to help and
> care for me but I don't believe we should begin talking about religious
> things anywhere and everywhere especially to people we don't know like
what
> people have done to my family and me.  Once we were on a business trip for
> PRC, and we had the afternoon without any meetings planned so we decided
to
> take the subway in Pittsburgh just for something fun.  It was fun and
> interesting alright, a woman was on the train and was talking very
> religiously to me about heeling, giving me a bible and offering me
airplane
> tickets to heeling baths in Asia or wherever they are.  My little brother
> was scared and so were my parents just because she was coming on to me so
> strongly with her ideas.  Also after we got off the train, she was
following
> us some more and scaring everybody.
>
> We have also been to restaurants around here, where people have actually
> came up to our booth and start praying to me and we have actually had to
> walk out sometimes.  To me, the family in the next booth over might have
> more serious problems needing prayer and help, but people don't see it.
>
> Thanks,
> Anthony
>
>