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(32) Sat 6 Feb 93 8:53p Rcvd: Mon 8 Feb 6:20p
By: Marilyn Johnson
To: Earl Appleby
Re: Self-Esteem
St: Rcvd
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Hi Earl!
It was *really* great to get your reply. You understood what I was saying,
and made me feel good for saying it. Ever major in psychology?
EA> Do you have a friend that procrastinates?
Well, you do now! <grin>
And here I thought I was the only one that majored in "procrastination as
an alternative life-style." With me, it seems to be the *only* life style!
EA> When my Dad lived with us at home in coma for nearly a decade, we could
not convince one television documentary film-maker to film him. Why?
Because Dad's was a message of courage and of hope and the image of
coma and, therefore, of those living in coma must always be painted in
the darkest colors of despair.
I had never thought of a person surviving while in a coma as showing
courage, but it makes sense when you speak of it. Courage is always
portrayed as "mind over matter," and when people cannot *see* the mind
working, they think it is not. How did you gain your inner awareness?
EA> Amen to that! True strength lies within the human spirit. My Dad is my
hero and he was never more heroic than during the last ten years of his
life. He didn't have to "do tricks" as his tormentors were wont to
demand. His very survival demonstrated his inner strength, his will to
live.
Ah, I think I know. Someone who has not the will to live will not live
even if the necessities are provided. Therefore, providing "necessities"
is not "unnecessarily prolonging a life that wishes to die."
EA> A friend of mine, who happens to be a doctor, says we must always do
our best and leave the rest in God's hands. Of course, ashe says, it is
important to actually *do* our best, not simply to *say* so. That's all
any one can do, but how seldom we even try.
You mean words only aren't enough? I thought words would work like the
twitching nose Daren's wife Samantha used to get anything done she wanted.
Oh well, if life is more than a perpetual daydream--.
EA> At a hearing before the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, some folks were
playing the I'm-less-disabled-than-they-are card. Dr. David McClone,
who fights so aggressively for spina bifida babies (as opposed to the
Lorbers et al.), however, agreed with me that it would be tragic to
succumb to the divide-and-conquer strategy of the "quality-of-life"
cabal.
People will be jealous and envious of whatever they think is robbing them
of their claim to fame, fortune, or survival. Those who feel secure are
less likely to be threatened by real or imanginary attacks.
EA> > (I'm one to talk--have always worn long pants to cover up my braces!)
BTW, I am now wearing long leg braces and can no longer get my shoes on
after getting into long leg pants. I can't get into my shoes unless the
braces are in them. I have a long skirt, but also decided to "come out of
the closet" and am now wearing outfits that let the braces show. They
don't look unattractive at all!
EA> Exactly! Not a worth dependent on other's images of them, particularly,
the distorted images of bigots. (Regarding the need for and value of
self esteem..)
My brother has a horrible inferiority complex, and I have never been able
to bolster his self esteem. It seems that only the *self* can *generate*
self esteem, but this flies in the face of what educators constantly try to
teach us. I would look at my brother and be afraid for my boys, but they
seem to have come out with a good sense of self worth.
What are the tools to increase your own--and where possible, other's--self
worth? An egoist often feels inferior. Feelings of inferiority often
breed hate. Hate breeds retaliation. And civilization slides downhill.
Perceived phoney praise breeds contempt for the praise-giver and increases
feelings of inferiority in the recipient. This makes the "feel good"
education ethic counter-productive.
EA> > PPP
EA> (perceptive pharmacist pal)!
Hey, I like that much better than progressingly paralyzed pharmacist!
I am really enjoying this echo and your work.
TTYL,
Marilyn
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(63) Sun 14 Feb 93 11:27a Rcvd: Sat 20 Feb 11:09p
By: Ron Bates
To: Earl Appleby
Re: Re: MedNotes (2/3)
St: Rcvd
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EA> Lying Wasn't Part of Medical Practice (18)
A Florida court holds the Board of Medicine could not discipline an
orthopedic surgeon for making misrepresentations on his application
for staff privileges.
Part of the frustration in doing medical discipline is the way the grease
gets in and manages to keep poor, bad or worse docs in the field by legal
antics..
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