Not exactly uplifting but having been listening to the fantastic Sunday Concert CD quite a bit recently I am always struck by these words fromm a firm favo(u)rite of mine "Apology":-
I could not avoid the feeling
Soon I was reeling on my feet
I made a grab at anything, the earth was gone
And I was on a vicious circle then
why??
Well All Right it still scares me to think of this:-
the morning after the day after I had my mild stroke way back in January 2000
I was in my kitchen when the taxi driver who was about to take me to hospital rang the doorbell then my left (affected) leg suddenly gave way and I was really reeling on my feet and had to grab at anything I could.I had been taking a plate out of a wall-hung cupboard so the only thing I could see was the open door. Unfortunately the walls of my house were heavily covered in a very sandy mixture which always caused problems getting wall fixings to bite,and sure enough the cupboard came off the wall and as it leaned out over me as I spun round and fell to the floor all the glassware on the top shelf came crashing down on me as I lay helpless in its path.Luckily nothing hit me but I lost a few well loved pieces and as I had already left the door open the driver came in to help me up. A truly vicious circle
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starts at
http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/lightfoot