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From: annab@azure.UUCP (A Beaver)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: feelin' no pain?   (pain vs. nothing)
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Date: Sat, 23-Mar-85 14:21:07 EST
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>References: <5204@tektronix.UUCP> <1093@yale.ARPA>
> I wonder myself whether most people would rather feel pain or feel nothing.
> I tend to think they would rather feel nothing.
> ----- Stephen Folta
> "Life is short  and filled with stuff" - The Cramps
> -----

     Personally, I would rather see people fill their lives with good feelings
     and smiles. I know that for me, it all feels so much nicer when I concen-
     trate on the good things that I have going for me. I've got to admit that
     I have my off moments. I mean, life in a body cast isn't simple.

     Like this morning, when my friend, Bill was leaving to go find a wedge
     shaped pillow for me and get pick up some food. As he came around the 
     end of the bed to kiss me, he tickled the bottom of my foot. Seems trivial
     doesn't it? I DO NOT like to be tickled. And since I am in a position 
     where I can't do anything to get away, it upset me. Now, I could let it
     continue to bother me, or I can just do something more fun, like read the
     news or play rogue. Not to mention the reading that I have set out to do.

     Really I'm pretty lucky, I mean, the weather was real nice up until the
     day that they put me into this cast. I was able to lay in the sun and
     read. With the Spring rains upon us now, it will be easier for me to take
     being confined like this. Also, my life is certainly full of stuff and
     friends.	(I missed cross country this year, though.)

     No one of us goes through life without pain. But there are so many good
     things going on and so many things to enjoy. It is selfdefeating to not
     focus one's energies on trying to recognize them. All the good things are
     there. We just have to see them. 	GO Rain!!  'Makes my flowers grow.!

     Look on the bright side, there IS life.

	Annadiana Beaver
       A Beaver@Tektronix

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