Posted by beardedlady on March 6, 2002, at 6:29:32
In reply to feel guilty because I feel better., posted by JohnX2 on March 6, 2002, at 2:02:02
Oh, John, c'mon. You're so much smarter than that! Here you are, helping hundreds (or at least tens) of people in this discussion group, instead of abandoning them--er, us. What's to feel guilty about? How much can you help when you're needy and suffering? So you're now giving back to the community. That's a good thing.
It's an especially good thing because you're a success story. It's one thing to take advice from folks who've been through hell. It's quite another to take it from someone who actually came back.
You've paid your dues, John. And even if you upped and left right this minute to take a camping trip to southern Utah (and well you should!), we'd stand up and cheer, "Hurray for John! He is John again!"
Take care of yourself now. Smile at babies. Smell the flowers just starting to sprout. Eat a really nice salad at a great restaurant. (Hell, order the lobster.) Buddha said, "Pleasure is brief as a flash of lightning, or an autumn shower, only for a moment." Savor every bit of it. It is a present for you, and you don't even have to share it. But you have to unwrap it.
Your slightly older, slightly wiser pal,
beardy : )>
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