Posted by Dinah on June 26, 2003, at 14:27:23
In reply to Forsaken-Gets graphic-Beware, posted by Miller on June 26, 2003, at 14:02:42
Awww, sweetie. I'm sorry. What happened? Or if you don't want to talk about it, then
(((Miller)))
There is a Jewish prayer tradition that I love. It goes something like "Thank you God for the ability to wake up this morning and breathe in the air. If that were the only gift you ever gave, that would be more than I could have ever hoped for." I'm not doing it right but you get the idea. The same is said for all the little blessings in life.
I think contributions are the same. You do make a contribution you know. You do it here. If this were the only contribution you were to make anywhere in your life, your life would be valuable many times over. If the difference you made in my life alone were all the difference you ever made, you would have made a contribution. And I can't believe that that is true. You are too sweet a person not to have made contributions many places. The trouble is that contributions don't announce themselves with blowing trumpets. They're in the smile you give someone who's feeling low. The casual comment that lifts someone's spirits. Few of us make the grand contributions that make the headlines. The rest of us make the day to day contributions that just make the world a little bit better for someone. And you have no way of knowing how many lives you've touched. Or will touch tomorrow or the next day.
Therapy alone is rarely enough. It can help in conjunction with meds. Are you on a medication regimen that's working?
Is there something you'd like to talk about? If not here, then you know where to find me.
poster:Dinah
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