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<blockquote data-quote="Dis-organized Labor" data-source="post: 673848"><p>Why Here?</p><p></p><p></p><p>Reading this thread reminded me of an event that happened last year. I very small event, but after reading this, my mind snapped right back to it as if it was yesterday. I was walking down a street and there was a attractive young woman sitting in a chair holding a handwritten sign that only said: "Why Here"? I asked her what the sign meant and she told me that she had MS and wanted to bring attention gto MS and what it is like to have it, what it was about, etc. I didn't think much about it, but told her that she looked great and i wished her all the luck with it. I wasn't really sure what MS is and may have confused it with MD. There are two points I want to make with this:</p><p>1. There was absolutely no evidence whatsoever that she had that disease. She was maybe in her 20's. She was pretty, her skin had a healthy glow, she seemed very happy, had a nice, bubbly personality.</p><p>2. Since that event with that girl occurred, I have a friend that has MS and she said something to me that really made me think: She said there is one statement that haunts people with MS: <em><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff">"But you look so good."</span></span></span></span></em></p><p> <em><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff"></span></span></span></span></em></p><p>I realized that I didn't say that exactly to that girl, but it was close. I'm sure she would have realized that I was a bit uncomfortable and didn't know what to say to her and probably have say not to worry about it.</p><p>Since then I have started to educate myself and others and somehow "help" in a small way. I also try to be a different person and maybe be a little more considerate of others.</p><p></p><p>Why Here?</p><p></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dis-organized Labor, post: 673848"] Why Here? Reading this thread reminded me of an event that happened last year. I very small event, but after reading this, my mind snapped right back to it as if it was yesterday. I was walking down a street and there was a attractive young woman sitting in a chair holding a handwritten sign that only said: "Why Here"? I asked her what the sign meant and she told me that she had MS and wanted to bring attention gto MS and what it is like to have it, what it was about, etc. I didn't think much about it, but told her that she looked great and i wished her all the luck with it. I wasn't really sure what MS is and may have confused it with MD. There are two points I want to make with this: 1. There was absolutely no evidence whatsoever that she had that disease. She was maybe in her 20's. She was pretty, her skin had a healthy glow, she seemed very happy, had a nice, bubbly personality. 2. Since that event with that girl occurred, I have a friend that has MS and she said something to me that really made me think: She said there is one statement that haunts people with MS: [I][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]"But you look so good." [/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][/I] I realized that I didn't say that exactly to that girl, but it was close. I'm sure she would have realized that I was a bit uncomfortable and didn't know what to say to her and probably have say not to worry about it. Since then I have started to educate myself and others and somehow "help" in a small way. I also try to be a different person and maybe be a little more considerate of others. Why Here? [I][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][/I] [/QUOTE]
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