Harald Motz
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Yesterday I visited a former school mate, I saw the last time, in 1997 when we were both in the german army. The contact to him came, as I got contact via Facebook to a female school mate, we three made the graduation on the same school. Then I had no deep relationship to either of them.
I chatted with the woman, told her what was going on in the last almost twenty years, and ended my report:"And I like to say: everything could be much worse." Later she responded:" Harald, you are right. Did you hear about H.?"
It came out, that he was diagnosed multiple sclerosis while studying on university. She told me, that H. would definitely be happy, if I would contact him via e-mail, as she seemed to be more or less the only one, he had contact to from school, but she can only visit him, when she visits her mother, because she lives in Berlin, 500 miles away. So I did, and wrote to him, and asked him later, if I could visit him. Eventually I saw him yesterday. He was happy to see me, as I was to see him, as the meeting was surprising for both of us.
He lives in the house of his parents, who look for him in a very fine way. In february this year he had a convulsion, was for two days in coma, and is since then in a wheelchair.
What deeply impressed me was his attitude to his what I call "big s***". There is no one to blame for his illness, and he has no feeling of guilt. He said that he never had the notion, that it would be better to be dead. He seemed not to be ashamed in front of me, as I did not feel pity. He is training every day. As he has an aim: to get out of this wheel chair (he says it is much easier to get into, than to come out of it). He is after eight months at a point, that he can stand for a very short period of time, so he is progressing. Slowly. He works on that, patiently.
I want to visit this strong guy again.
I chatted with the woman, told her what was going on in the last almost twenty years, and ended my report:"And I like to say: everything could be much worse." Later she responded:" Harald, you are right. Did you hear about H.?"
It came out, that he was diagnosed multiple sclerosis while studying on university. She told me, that H. would definitely be happy, if I would contact him via e-mail, as she seemed to be more or less the only one, he had contact to from school, but she can only visit him, when she visits her mother, because she lives in Berlin, 500 miles away. So I did, and wrote to him, and asked him later, if I could visit him. Eventually I saw him yesterday. He was happy to see me, as I was to see him, as the meeting was surprising for both of us.
He lives in the house of his parents, who look for him in a very fine way. In february this year he had a convulsion, was for two days in coma, and is since then in a wheelchair.
What deeply impressed me was his attitude to his what I call "big s***". There is no one to blame for his illness, and he has no feeling of guilt. He said that he never had the notion, that it would be better to be dead. He seemed not to be ashamed in front of me, as I did not feel pity. He is training every day. As he has an aim: to get out of this wheel chair (he says it is much easier to get into, than to come out of it). He is after eight months at a point, that he can stand for a very short period of time, so he is progressing. Slowly. He works on that, patiently.
I want to visit this strong guy again.
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