Tuesday, March 31, 2009

The Zen of Multiple Sclerosis

Today is my birthday and I shall open up a can of Zen on you. At my assisted living home they held a March birthday party, no, I did not go. Every year on my birthday I would take the day off work and go somewhere alone to reflect on my___years. This tradition began many years ago, shortly after my 18th birthday.

"A soul without reflection, like a pile
Without inhabitant, to ruin runs." Edward Young

MS is so Zen. It forces you to transcend the laws of reality as you knew them. Is hot really hot or is it hot only because your brain says so. When I touch a thing that others say is cold (tea out of the refrigerator) and I feel that it is hot as fire---who is right?

Words mean little, you can say it but I may hear it differently than someone without MS.

That which is soft to you may be painful to me. When I shut my eyes I can feel nothing around me; am I floating? Do I even exist?

MS forces you to embrace our inner eye, to look inward. It is within where we find understanding and peace with our new state of being. MS can not be allowed to change who we are. Our secrets held so deep inside will dissolve as we release our need to connect with the outside world. There will be no need for secrets or fears.

If aliens arrive upon our small planet some day, then they should be led to someone with multiple sclerosis because we will show them the Zen of MS and they will feel more at home.

12 comments:

Herrad said...

Today is my birthday and I shall open up a can of Zen on you. At my assisted living home they held a March birthday party, no, I did not go. Every year on my birthday I would take the day off work and go somewhere alone to reflect on my___years. This tradition began many years ago, shortly after my 18th birthday.

"A soul without reflection, like a pile
Without inhabitant, to ruin runs." Edward Young

MS is so Zen. It forces you to transcend the laws of reality as you knew them. Is hot really hot or is it hot only because your brain says so. When I touch a thing that others say is cold (tea out of the refrigerator) and I feel that it is hot as fire---who is right?

Words mean little, you can say it but I may hear it differently than someone without MS.

That which is soft to you may be painful to me. When I shut my eyes I can feel nothing around me; am I floating? Do I even exist?

MS forces you to embrace our inner eye, to look inward. It is within where we find understanding and peace with our new state of being. MS can not be allowed to change who we are. Our secrets held so deep inside will dissolve as we release our need to connect with the outside world. There will be no need for secrets or fears.

If aliens arrive upon our small planet some day, then they should be led to someone with multiple sclerosis because we will show them the Zen of MS and they will feel more at home.

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Webster said...

Today is my birthday and I shall open up a can of Zen on you. At my assisted living home they held a March birthday party, no, I did not go. Every year on my birthday I would take the day off work and go somewhere alone to reflect on my___years. This tradition began many years ago, shortly after my 18th birthday.

"A soul without reflection, like a pile
Without inhabitant, to ruin runs." Edward Young

MS is so Zen. It forces you to transcend the laws of reality as you knew them. Is hot really hot or is it hot only because your brain says so. When I touch a thing that others say is cold (tea out of the refrigerator) and I feel that it is hot as fire---who is right?

Words mean little, you can say it but I may hear it differently than someone without MS.

That which is soft to you may be painful to me. When I shut my eyes I can feel nothing around me; am I floating? Do I even exist?

MS forces you to embrace our inner eye, to look inward. It is within where we find understanding and peace with our new state of being. MS can not be allowed to change who we are. Our secrets held so deep inside will dissolve as we release our need to connect with the outside world. There will be no need for secrets or fears.

If aliens arrive upon our small planet some day, then they should be led to someone with multiple sclerosis because we will show them the Zen of MS and they will feel more at home.

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Kelley said...

Today is my birthday and I shall open up a can of Zen on you. At my assisted living home they held a March birthday party, no, I did not go. Every year on my birthday I would take the day off work and go somewhere alone to reflect on my___years. This tradition began many years ago, shortly after my 18th birthday.

"A soul without reflection, like a pile
Without inhabitant, to ruin runs." Edward Young

MS is so Zen. It forces you to transcend the laws of reality as you knew them. Is hot really hot or is it hot only because your brain says so. When I touch a thing that others say is cold (tea out of the refrigerator) and I feel that it is hot as fire---who is right?

Words mean little, you can say it but I may hear it differently than someone without MS.

That which is soft to you may be painful to me. When I shut my eyes I can feel nothing around me; am I floating? Do I even exist?

MS forces you to embrace our inner eye, to look inward. It is within where we find understanding and peace with our new state of being. MS can not be allowed to change who we are. Our secrets held so deep inside will dissolve as we release our need to connect with the outside world. There will be no need for secrets or fears.

If aliens arrive upon our small planet some day, then they should be led to someone with multiple sclerosis because we will show them the Zen of MS and they will feel more at home.

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LISA EMRICH said...

Today is my birthday and I shall open up a can of Zen on you. At my assisted living home they held a March birthday party, no, I did not go. Every year on my birthday I would take the day off work and go somewhere alone to reflect on my___years. This tradition began many years ago, shortly after my 18th birthday.

"A soul without reflection, like a pile
Without inhabitant, to ruin runs." Edward Young

MS is so Zen. It forces you to transcend the laws of reality as you knew them. Is hot really hot or is it hot only because your brain says so. When I touch a thing that others say is cold (tea out of the refrigerator) and I feel that it is hot as fire---who is right?

Words mean little, you can say it but I may hear it differently than someone without MS.

That which is soft to you may be painful to me. When I shut my eyes I can feel nothing around me; am I floating? Do I even exist?

MS forces you to embrace our inner eye, to look inward. It is within where we find understanding and peace with our new state of being. MS can not be allowed to change who we are. Our secrets held so deep inside will dissolve as we release our need to connect with the outside world. There will be no need for secrets or fears.

If aliens arrive upon our small planet some day, then they should be led to someone with multiple sclerosis because we will show them the Zen of MS and they will feel more at home.

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dgewhitney said...

Today is my birthday and I shall open up a can of Zen on you. At my assisted living home they held a March birthday party, no, I did not go. Every year on my birthday I would take the day off work and go somewhere alone to reflect on my___years. This tradition began many years ago, shortly after my 18th birthday.

"A soul without reflection, like a pile
Without inhabitant, to ruin runs." Edward Young

MS is so Zen. It forces you to transcend the laws of reality as you knew them. Is hot really hot or is it hot only because your brain says so. When I touch a thing that others say is cold (tea out of the refrigerator) and I feel that it is hot as fire---who is right?

Words mean little, you can say it but I may hear it differently than someone without MS.

That which is soft to you may be painful to me. When I shut my eyes I can feel nothing around me; am I floating? Do I even exist?

MS forces you to embrace our inner eye, to look inward. It is within where we find understanding and peace with our new state of being. MS can not be allowed to change who we are. Our secrets held so deep inside will dissolve as we release our need to connect with the outside world. There will be no need for secrets or fears.

If aliens arrive upon our small planet some day, then they should be led to someone with multiple sclerosis because we will show them the Zen of MS and they will feel more at home.

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harkoo said...

Today is my birthday and I shall open up a can of Zen on you. At my assisted living home they held a March birthday party, no, I did not go. Every year on my birthday I would take the day off work and go somewhere alone to reflect on my___years. This tradition began many years ago, shortly after my 18th birthday.

"A soul without reflection, like a pile
Without inhabitant, to ruin runs." Edward Young

MS is so Zen. It forces you to transcend the laws of reality as you knew them. Is hot really hot or is it hot only because your brain says so. When I touch a thing that others say is cold (tea out of the refrigerator) and I feel that it is hot as fire---who is right?

Words mean little, you can say it but I may hear it differently than someone without MS.

That which is soft to you may be painful to me. When I shut my eyes I can feel nothing around me; am I floating? Do I even exist?

MS forces you to embrace our inner eye, to look inward. It is within where we find understanding and peace with our new state of being. MS can not be allowed to change who we are. Our secrets held so deep inside will dissolve as we release our need to connect with the outside world. There will be no need for secrets or fears.

If aliens arrive upon our small planet some day, then they should be led to someone with multiple sclerosis because we will show them the Zen of MS and they will feel more at home.

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rainlillie said...

Today is my birthday and I shall open up a can of Zen on you. At my assisted living home they held a March birthday party, no, I did not go. Every year on my birthday I would take the day off work and go somewhere alone to reflect on my___years. This tradition began many years ago, shortly after my 18th birthday.

"A soul without reflection, like a pile
Without inhabitant, to ruin runs." Edward Young

MS is so Zen. It forces you to transcend the laws of reality as you knew them. Is hot really hot or is it hot only because your brain says so. When I touch a thing that others say is cold (tea out of the refrigerator) and I feel that it is hot as fire---who is right?

Words mean little, you can say it but I may hear it differently than someone without MS.

That which is soft to you may be painful to me. When I shut my eyes I can feel nothing around me; am I floating? Do I even exist?

MS forces you to embrace our inner eye, to look inward. It is within where we find understanding and peace with our new state of being. MS can not be allowed to change who we are. Our secrets held so deep inside will dissolve as we release our need to connect with the outside world. There will be no need for secrets or fears.

If aliens arrive upon our small planet some day, then they should be led to someone with multiple sclerosis because we will show them the Zen of MS and they will feel more at home.

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Taxingwoman said...

Today is my birthday and I shall open up a can of Zen on you. At my assisted living home they held a March birthday party, no, I did not go. Every year on my birthday I would take the day off work and go somewhere alone to reflect on my___years. This tradition began many years ago, shortly after my 18th birthday.

"A soul without reflection, like a pile
Without inhabitant, to ruin runs." Edward Young

MS is so Zen. It forces you to transcend the laws of reality as you knew them. Is hot really hot or is it hot only because your brain says so. When I touch a thing that others say is cold (tea out of the refrigerator) and I feel that it is hot as fire---who is right?

Words mean little, you can say it but I may hear it differently than someone without MS.

That which is soft to you may be painful to me. When I shut my eyes I can feel nothing around me; am I floating? Do I even exist?

MS forces you to embrace our inner eye, to look inward. It is within where we find understanding and peace with our new state of being. MS can not be allowed to change who we are. Our secrets held so deep inside will dissolve as we release our need to connect with the outside world. There will be no need for secrets or fears.

If aliens arrive upon our small planet some day, then they should be led to someone with multiple sclerosis because we will show them the Zen of MS and they will feel more at home.

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Joan said...

Today is my birthday and I shall open up a can of Zen on you. At my assisted living home they held a March birthday party, no, I did not go. Every year on my birthday I would take the day off work and go somewhere alone to reflect on my___years. This tradition began many years ago, shortly after my 18th birthday.

"A soul without reflection, like a pile
Without inhabitant, to ruin runs." Edward Young

MS is so Zen. It forces you to transcend the laws of reality as you knew them. Is hot really hot or is it hot only because your brain says so. When I touch a thing that others say is cold (tea out of the refrigerator) and I feel that it is hot as fire---who is right?

Words mean little, you can say it but I may hear it differently than someone without MS.

That which is soft to you may be painful to me. When I shut my eyes I can feel nothing around me; am I floating? Do I even exist?

MS forces you to embrace our inner eye, to look inward. It is within where we find understanding and peace with our new state of being. MS can not be allowed to change who we are. Our secrets held so deep inside will dissolve as we release our need to connect with the outside world. There will be no need for secrets or fears.

If aliens arrive upon our small planet some day, then they should be led to someone with multiple sclerosis because we will show them the Zen of MS and they will feel more at home.

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kmilyun said...

Today is my birthday and I shall open up a can of Zen on you. At my assisted living home they held a March birthday party, no, I did not go. Every year on my birthday I would take the day off work and go somewhere alone to reflect on my___years. This tradition began many years ago, shortly after my 18th birthday.

"A soul without reflection, like a pile
Without inhabitant, to ruin runs." Edward Young

MS is so Zen. It forces you to transcend the laws of reality as you knew them. Is hot really hot or is it hot only because your brain says so. When I touch a thing that others say is cold (tea out of the refrigerator) and I feel that it is hot as fire---who is right?

Words mean little, you can say it but I may hear it differently than someone without MS.

That which is soft to you may be painful to me. When I shut my eyes I can feel nothing around me; am I floating? Do I even exist?

MS forces you to embrace our inner eye, to look inward. It is within where we find understanding and peace with our new state of being. MS can not be allowed to change who we are. Our secrets held so deep inside will dissolve as we release our need to connect with the outside world. There will be no need for secrets or fears.

If aliens arrive upon our small planet some day, then they should be led to someone with multiple sclerosis because we will show them the Zen of MS and they will feel more at home.

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Miss Chris said...

Today is my birthday and I shall open up a can of Zen on you. At my assisted living home they held a March birthday party, no, I did not go. Every year on my birthday I would take the day off work and go somewhere alone to reflect on my___years. This tradition began many years ago, shortly after my 18th birthday.

"A soul without reflection, like a pile
Without inhabitant, to ruin runs." Edward Young

MS is so Zen. It forces you to transcend the laws of reality as you knew them. Is hot really hot or is it hot only because your brain says so. When I touch a thing that others say is cold (tea out of the refrigerator) and I feel that it is hot as fire---who is right?

Words mean little, you can say it but I may hear it differently than someone without MS.

That which is soft to you may be painful to me. When I shut my eyes I can feel nothing around me; am I floating? Do I even exist?

MS forces you to embrace our inner eye, to look inward. It is within where we find understanding and peace with our new state of being. MS can not be allowed to change who we are. Our secrets held so deep inside will dissolve as we release our need to connect with the outside world. There will be no need for secrets or fears.

If aliens arrive upon our small planet some day, then they should be led to someone with multiple sclerosis because we will show them the Zen of MS and they will feel more at home.

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Diane J Standiford said...

Today is my birthday and I shall open up a can of Zen on you. At my assisted living home they held a March birthday party, no, I did not go. Every year on my birthday I would take the day off work and go somewhere alone to reflect on my___years. This tradition began many years ago, shortly after my 18th birthday.

"A soul without reflection, like a pile
Without inhabitant, to ruin runs." Edward Young

MS is so Zen. It forces you to transcend the laws of reality as you knew them. Is hot really hot or is it hot only because your brain says so. When I touch a thing that others say is cold (tea out of the refrigerator) and I feel that it is hot as fire---who is right?

Words mean little, you can say it but I may hear it differently than someone without MS.

That which is soft to you may be painful to me. When I shut my eyes I can feel nothing around me; am I floating? Do I even exist?

MS forces you to embrace our inner eye, to look inward. It is within where we find understanding and peace with our new state of being. MS can not be allowed to change who we are. Our secrets held so deep inside will dissolve as we release our need to connect with the outside world. There will be no need for secrets or fears.

If aliens arrive upon our small planet some day, then they should be led to someone with multiple sclerosis because we will show them the Zen of MS and they will feel more at home.

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