X-Message-Number: 20760 Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 12:19:21 -0800 From: "John Grigg" <> Subject: Rudi, hang in there! Hello Rudi, I would have responded faster, but sometimes for some unknown reason I don't get sent my Cryonet digest. I had to find this message and the responses to it on in the archive. It sounds like you are experiencing some real adversity right now in your life. I can only imagine how a man who has worked so hard to be successful (and honest, too!) would feel deeply wounded by having an oversight organization come after him with no just grounds for it. Topping that off with chronic fatigue syndrome (I had no idea) would be the icing on this bitter cake. As for the vandalism, it has sadly been here since time immemorial, but with present-day surveillance tech you could nail them if you really felt it was needed(I realize you have better things to do). When facing hardship I like to pray about things and then write down on a sheet of paper what things I can do to try to either solve or work around (if unsolvable) the problem. I find this really helps me to see things logically and feel better to an extent. Also, I like to exercise hard to burn off some of the negative energy inside. I would recommend these things to you. We all know in theory life is not always just and good (to say the least!), but when we are the ones kicked it sure makes us want to shout "unfair!!" and rage at the world. So I want you to know I have some empathy for you. Rudi, in many ways you are a very fortunate person. You could have been born into third-world poverty, or from the start of your life been mentally or physically crippled. Despite all your problems, you are in truth one very lucky devil (and I realize some of this luck you made for yourself). So please try to count your blessings and not just your problems, however heavy they are at present. As a man of virtue you stand on the high ground, even when facing a faceless government organization. I will personally email you about some small things I can do to perhaps help. I fully realize advice is so much easier given than received! lol But I just wanted to let you know I am rooting hard for you. In time your happy demeanor will return with a certain level of strength it before lacked. I feel strange that while the nation and world around me has so many problems, in my own life things are going very well(it has been a long time in coming)! I remember how in the booming nineties life was not so great for me while it was for so many others. But again we make our own luck to a large extent. your friend, John Grigg _____________________________________________________________ Get 25MB, POP3, Spam Filtering with LYCOS MAIL PLUS for $19.95/year. http://login.mail.lycos.com/brandPage.shtml?pageId=plus&ref=lmtplus Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=20760