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From: era@ncar.ucar.edu (Ed Arnold)
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In article <12011@bunker.UUCP> Greg.See-Kee@f631.n712.z3.fidonet.org writes:
>Index Number: 8446
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>Which is one of the reasons why DISABILITY GRIEVING is far worse 
>than BEREAVEMENT GRIEVING.

Agreed.

>Many of the older folk here are much closer to Death than young 
>people like me.  Because they can so so very certain and so very 
>confident, their outlook on Disability is very different from us 
>younger people.

Don't flatter yourself, Greg.  People who have reached the age of
40 aren't young.  (Speaking from the perspective of one who is
about your age.)  But ... why do you say that older folk are so very
certain and confident?  Wherever did you get that idea?  I'm reminded
of a famous psychiatrist/philosopher who, in his autobiography, declared
that as he reached old age (his 80s), there was virtually *nothing*
of which he was sure.

Perhaps older people are just better at bluffing others into thinking
that they're certain?
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"See, the human mind is kind of like ... a pinata.  When it breaks open,
there's a lot of surprises inside."	--Jane Wagner/Lily Tomlin