I have learned so much that I cannot even name it all and How I pass on my knowledge I tell others about the site and how great all of you are and how much I have learned being here.
LOVE
TAM

depends on what has brought on my Anger...most of the time after some thought I can easily let things go...because you can understand what brought it on...but not always...
the other day at the walmart check out the lady was REALLY very Rude to me..and I came within a second of calling over the manager..but something stopped me...the look in this woman eyes ?...yea, I do not know...but her rudeness seemed to have been brought on by something, there was actual pain in her eyes...and I know I had nothing to do with that...so I walked on...and the next time I was up there i looked to see if she were checking again, she was so my daughter and I went to her lane...and we were very sweet to her, she smiled and relaxed a bit...we bantered a few minutes..and that situation left me feeling a whole lot better...
we do not get that benefit being online...I cannot look into ur eyes as you are talking to me...I can only read the words a person writes...they can FEEL what they mean...but you cannot always do that...at least unless you have talked with this person ALOT...tis the one bad thing about being online...but there is so much more Good about it that i would never give it up.

I have learned practical things, like how to help the pain, and about different meds. I've learned that things I thought were very wierd symptoms only I have are actually common in the group. I have learned that by reaching out to support others, I feel supported myself. I have learned that people one meets online are not strangers typing on a screen, but genuine friends that quickly become as dear as any in 'real life'. I have learned that, just as in any community, there are those who truly care about each other and their healing, and others who care only about themselves, but they are very few, that most here want a close and loving friendship with peace and calm and help for each other. I have learned that my life does not have to be limited to my home, although I am. I have learned to laugh again, and take joy from life that I have been missing for so long.

THAT WAS WONDERFUL BONNIE AND YOU ARE RIGHT ABOUT LOOKING INTO SOMEONES EYES. YOU DIDN'T KNOW HOW HER DAY STARTED OUT AND THAT IS THE BENIFIT OF BEING THERE IN PERSON. HERE IT IS ANOTHER THING INDEED, BUT WE HAVE THE OPTION TO LISTEN WITH OUR HEARTS. IF SOME ONE JUST WON'T LET IT GO, THEN, I'M GONE. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU HAVE A HORRIBLE TIME GETTING UP IN THE MORN LIKE I DO, BUT I SUSPECT THAT YOU DO, MY INTENTION IS TO TRY TO MAKE YOUR MORININGS SPECIAL B/C I LOVE YOU AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT KIND OF NIGHT YOU HAD OR HOW YOU FEEL AT THAT MOMENT. SO MY HEART TELLS ME I NEED TO BE GENTEL WITH YOU RIGHT NOW. AND IT GOES ON INTO OUR CONVERSATIONS, IF I FEEL THAT THERE IS JUST NO WAY THAT WE CAN SEE EYE TO EYE, THEN I NEED TO LEAVE YOU ALONE. CALL IT WHAT EVER, BUT I THINK IF WE CARE AT ALL FOR A HUMAN LIFE THEN WE WILLL PROTECT THAT FRIENDSHIP. WHOM EVER IT MAY BE. I JUST PRAY THAT WE CAN ALL COME TO A PLACE WHERE WE CAN GT ALONG NO MATTER HOW LONG I'VE KNOWN A PERSON....LOVE...HELEN

Anger is a tricky emotion It takes alot of energy and it can drain you if you let it.Sometimes its very hard to let go off and it can take control of everything we say and do.I think that our pain from our disease makes us so angry.Because there is so much we cant do anymore.Daily Strengh and all of you helps me let go of my anger because I can share my feelings now.I dont have to keep it all bottled up.Im not angry anymore!!!!!!!!

helen. you are right about looking into ones Heart...but that does take a bit of time...I have only been here a short while but already see your heart as being sensative, that you TRUELY want to help people...you can Feel people thru the avenue, just takes a bit longer at times...

Your Friend, Bonnie

I think one of the things I have learned is that I am not alone, and I am not crazy - well, not from fibro anyway! Being an RN for so long, I was used to being the helper, not the helped - huge adjustment! And I am reminded daily how truly fortuate I am - there are so many people worse off than me - and they are usually the ones who inspire me the most! I continue to be amazed at how strong the human spirit is to perservere despite all the obstacles put in the way. Thank you all who teach me that we are not alone!!

I am still angry at most things in life. Most of my anger is out in the open but alot of it is still inside of me and i can feel it when people start to question me like my therapst who is trying to help me in someways and sometimes i just wont let it happen?Last mon i had abit of a break through with her and told her i couldnt cope with living like this. I do still have these feelings and it's not like i am going to take my own life. How could i do that to my friends and family???

I CAN SEE ALL OF OUR HEARTS BONDED TOGETHER....