tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153478020914909915.post5009649373448033902..comments2023-09-04T09:13:17.930-03:00Comments on Larissa and Friends' Bookish Life: The "Last Lecture"...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18029884909672059641noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153478020914909915.post-66070554369126335022008-06-03T16:42:00.000-03:002008-06-03T16:42:00.000-03:00Wow, so many things to say, where do you begin?I'l...Wow, so many things to say, where do you begin?<BR/><BR/>I'll pick randomly, the "last lecture" tradition. I'm an avid fan of Terry Pratchett's "Discworld" series of books. In them when a wizard is facing death he knows it and has time to make arrangements. Sure, being satirical books what most wizards do is borrow large amounts of money knowing they never have to pay back, but every now and again one of them WOULD step up and deliver a speech, his own eulogy if you'd like. Didn't know it's a real life practice... and what a practice it is.<BR/><BR/>As for your take on your disease... it's, I guess coincidence but still... few days ago I was reading in a magazine I like to read about a person suffering from an ailment or other which inhibits him physically to the point that he has to sit and rest after climbing a single flight of stairs. Not an easy condition to leave with. What he said was exactly, word by word, what you just said: He owned the disease, he said, not the other way around. He though of it as his friend, reminding him that while he is impaired... he is alive, loved by his family and friends, cared for, caring for others... I was dumb struck, this man actually calling a horrifying disease his "silent" friend.<BR/><BR/>I read stories like his, like yours and you know what... I feel ashamed for feeling sorry for myself. Heck, maybe it's about time I started doing things for me as well, fighting my disease, which is not physical but... something else I guess. Yeah, It is.<BR/><BR/>Amazing.<BR/>And thanks for the kick on the behind... I need it every once in a while.<BR/>Thank you very much.אני. מי שמכיר יודע.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06403999900305578768noreply@blogger.com