Comments on: While Nightmares May Invade Our Life, Dreams Can Come True

By: Stormydog

Stormydog — Wed, 14 May 2008 12:03:48 +0000

That’s sweet of you Patrick – and I reciprocate…

By: Patrick Pitt

Patrick Pitt — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:24:40 +0000

Stormy - My mom died of critical illness too. She was at a great place in Oakville ON. It takes a courageous individual to concede the option of pallative care but it certainly does free up the family to focus on the healing and grieving to come. My condolences for your loss all the same.

Sarah - AMEN! I tell ya we got it so good on this side of the pond, and I figure the best way to validate this luck is by 1) enjoying every day 2) helping others when you can.

By: sarah-renee`

sarah-renee` — Tue, 13 May 2008 04:59:30 +0000

This is self reflection but I’ve personally come to the conclusion that I have already been given the greatest gift and reward in my life. I was born in an era and a place that has allowed me to be alive. Any other place or time I would have died at birth and that would have been that. I need no more motivation than that. I have the ability to make things better for other people who weren’t given the same gift as I was, and I will.

Also, stop demoting yourself with the mention of your bad sentence structure! Your insight and selflessness make you more than worthy.

By: Stormydog

Stormydog — Mon, 12 May 2008 20:28:33 +0000

It sure does. My mother had palliative care at home for the latter stages of her illness right up until she died and my sis-in-law also received wonderful support and compassion from the Macmillan Nurses before she died of cancer last month. I will be forever in their debt….
Hey, how’d it go?? No blisters I trust?? :0)

By: Patrick Pitt

Patrick Pitt — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:36:43 +0000

It takes very courageous people to enter the palliative care industry.

By: Stormydog

Stormydog — Mon, 12 May 2008 12:10:55 +0000

You’re right, of course. This weekend I am participating in a Midnight Walk (1000 girls only) for 10 miles. We are raising money for the Sue Ryder Hospice – they do the most wonderful work for people who are an awful lot worse off than myself.

By: Patrick Pitt

Patrick Pitt — Mon, 12 May 2008 10:50:43 +0000

Whenever I’m confronted with the “what can i do” I get offended.

What is the point of any of our existences if we throw in the towel as far as humanity is concerned.

“What can I do”? The first problem with that statement is it’s focussed on the self.

The answer lies in “What do others need done?”

When we focus on others and their problems instead of our own, we tend to find solutions for the question:

“What can I do.”

By: sarah-renee`

sarah-renee` — Mon, 12 May 2008 05:16:27 +0000

It’s too late to wish you good health and weather for your run today, but I hope you did well!

If it hasn’t been mentioned enough before by others, let me say it again. It’s very good of you to get out there and to try to make better the horrible things you’ve seen. So many people ignore what they see with their own eyes. They go home and they continue with life like nothing bad happens in our world today. But there are things we can do and it’s good to see people taking initiative and making a difference. I wish more people could realize that you really can take something that you enjoy and make the world a better place with it.

By: Patrick Pitt

Patrick Pitt — Sun, 11 May 2008 23:47:47 +0000

Bruise, i think that’s great and I can show you how to set up an event on their page and if you do, I’ll be the first in line to pledge.

By: BruiseViolet

BruiseViolet — Sun, 11 May 2008 20:28:14 +0000

Good luck Patrick- wishing you the best on your run!

So happy you are getting out there for such a wonderful cause, and holy…you’re being spoiled for doing something totally unselfish… You DID win the sperm lottery, haha!

Keep us all posted on your run time, interested to know how you did!

Your determination and will for this organization has inspired me to really look at what I can do in my area (Vancouver)- I think I will give the folks here a call, and see if they need a hand. I would love to help out any way I can.

Thank you!!!!

By: Stormydog

Stormydog — Sun, 11 May 2008 11:55:15 +0000

Aww…i feel really chuffed to have helped towards such a fantastic amount, even if it’s only a little. Have fun on your Marathon – you look well fit (down boy!!) and you’ll walk it, no probs….well, you’ll run it, but you know what I mean!! :0) Have fun!!

By: Tuuli22

Tuuli22 — Sun, 11 May 2008 10:15:36 +0000

Congrats to the glorious win over Germany at the worlds on saturday! You sort of beat the shit out of us ;o)))

By: Patrick Pitt

Patrick Pitt — Sun, 11 May 2008 10:13:26 +0000

Thanks…countdown 62 mins…

By: helz

helz — Sun, 11 May 2008 06:16:57 +0000

i saw some runners out today and thought of you … all the best tomorrow!

By: Susan H.

Susan H. — Sat, 10 May 2008 22:57:18 +0000

All the best tomorrow, Patrick. I’ll be thinking of ya. Hopefully you’ll have the same gorgeous weather as today for the run, or at least, be long finished before the rain sets in.

By: Patrick Pitt

Patrick Pitt — Sat, 10 May 2008 20:50:06 +0000

I owe you a burritto slachance.

turns out this guy has a name. it’s wayne.

he’s 61 and he carries around that heavy cooler up and down those stairs. in speaking with him he said they’re going to have to carry him out of the stadium as a corpse to get him to retire.

the guy’s as hard as christmas candy and i love him for it.

By: slachance

slachance — Sat, 10 May 2008 19:08:17 +0000

If I’m not mistaken, that’s the beer man with quite the distinctive voice that can be heard from a few sections away: “Ice…cooolld….beeeeeeeer”

By: PixelPusha

PixelPusha — Sat, 10 May 2008 16:18:17 +0000

Fantastic effort - good job.

By: Charmaine

Charmaine — Sat, 10 May 2008 16:10:09 +0000

That’s awesome. I’m glad to have helped :D Run well and have fun!

I’m diggin’ the right to play zip up Vanessa and Julia have on.

By: Monkey

Monkey — Sat, 10 May 2008 15:42:29 +0000

Oh, I read 13th somewhere…