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To: freeus who wrote (34763)	3/27/2001 4:00:46 PM
From: im a survivor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 65232

Number one thing.....you made a comment that upset me greatly....you mentioned "getting ill" over your stock trading......Let me say this, Tom's angels may be one for a thousand <ggg> this year, but the one call he got correct for sure is.....STAY STRESS FREE. I am 36 years old. have been active my whole life...skiing, rock climbing, racing jet ski's..you name it...I did it...white water kayaking and etc, etc.....about two years ago, I was diagnosed with some fairly serious malodies......one's that are unusual for a person my age. I have seen a huge differance in my health because of this, but one thing that happened as a result of this, is I became more aware of "health"...I studied up more on what cause good helath, bad helath....what can be done and etc, etc.....one of the things I learned is STRESS is a KILLER. It doesnt have anything to do with my current malodies, but I learned an awful lot about stress this past year...it causes....literally causes, physical impairments....high blood pressure, stroke, heart disease and etc, etc...... If you are getting "ILL" over this market, it is time to pull what you've got, put the cash into a cd or some other fixed income investement and get rid of that stress.....either that, or seek counseling to learn how to cope with stress. It's odd, I am 1000 times worse off financially then a year ago....I mean, this past year has been a ad a financial disaster as one can have.....I am in my worst financial shape in my lifetime...and I watch these stocks go down everyday....BUT, I learned to cope with the stress and am at peace with myself as far as the markets go. I can't change the past, so why fret about it.....learn from it. As for the future, all I can do is what i am doing and keep faith. I have no control over the market, but I have plenty of control over myself and my decsions. You need to either lose the stress 100%, or learn to cope with it, where it doesnt make you ill....life is too damned short to let things beyond your control make you ill. Best wishes keith