For Me, Living Means I Can Be

Because If You've Found Meaning In Your Life, You Don't Want To Go Back. You Want To Go Forward.

Sometimes You Cannot Believe What You See, You Have To Believe What You Feel.

Keep Your Heart Open For As Long As You Can, As Wide As You Can, For Others And Especially For Yourself.

My Contention Is That As Long As You Have Other Faculties-the Emotional, Psychological, Intuitive Faculties-you Haven't Lost Yourself Or Even Diminished Yourself. Don't Be Ashamed When You're Physically Limited Or Dysfunctional; Don't Think That You're Any Less Because Of Your Condition. In Fact, I Feel I Am Even More Myself Than I Was Before I Got This Illness Because I Have Been Able To Transcend Many Of The Psychological And Emotional Limitations I Had Before I Developed Als.

Maybe Death Is The Great Equalizer, The One Big Thing That Can Finally Make Strangers Shed A Tear For One Another