If man were given eternity, what things would he do? If I had an eternity I might spend 500 years in bed for no other reason than I could just get up tomorrow. When I did get up, I would travel the world and get to know all the humans who inhabit the planet. After that, the universe. Unfortunately, at this time, we only have 80 years or so. Don't mourn over what is lost. Precious time is wasted. Every day I think, What can I accomplish today? Sometimes, when the day is over, I may only be able to say, Today I got out of bed. Then I have accomplished something. There was a time when I couldn't even do that much. I wanted to be a professional singer. I wanted money, at least enough to see a dentist when I needed to. Now I'm just happy when I get hear my son's voice on the phone. Life is so very short. What will I have accomplished today? Today I got to write Chris a letter. What a great thing I got to do today! : o ) Shyrell On Wed, 04 Feb 2004 23:15:55 +0000 Chris <nimbo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Hello, > > I wanted, when I was young, to spend my life in scientific research > and > studies. However psychiatry put paid to that. > > I wanted to find out how everything worked, how the stars shone, how > flowers > grew and how the Universe worked. > > I did not want to be troubled by the problems of building a home, > although I > wanted one, nor how to buy food or make money. > > In then end I neither lead the life of an academic nor made huge > sums of > money. I washed up for fifteen years - true I did quite a lot of > teaching > in this time, made up solutions and other low level technical work > but no > science. > > Then I found work at Kingston University - computers - I thought > Programming, mathematics, solving chemistry and physics problems. > No... > Just loading printers and maintaining a network. True I helped > undergraduates in their work and talked to people like Dr Welch, > whom I > regarded as a top scientist. But no science for me. > > I was offered money, but not freedom, not to cultivate science as I > chose > too. > > I think I missed the point. My psychiatrists have always maintained > that > they wanted me to get the maximum reward, but their treatment made > me poor. > If I had been allowed to become the person I had wanted to be I > could have > become rich. I am very disappointed, I feel cheated out of my > life. > > Its been hell....!!!! > > Am I free now? > > Chris. > http://www.chrisspages.co.uk > > >
