I was born about 50 years ago in the capital of Persia, Teheran,
and aged 17 came to Vienna, where I had the rest of my life to go on.
I had a happy and carefree childhood, which I took with me, I can say,
with all its nice and unforgettable days, as far as I can remember today.
When I realized that happiness doesn’t come on its own that was the start of
the time, when I got the feeling, I am grown up and I am now mature enough.
I studied medicine and became a physician, which I always wished to be,
I was happy until Parkinson came to my life, when I was of the age of 40.
Although I had ups and downs in my life like most, at this time actually.
I was married and mother of two kids and was happy in my job and family.
After I heard the diagnosis it was in the first years unbelievable for me,
later then, as I began to write, it helped me accept it more easily.
“There is always an answer for how, but not for why” was the start,
as I stopped ignoring it and looked for a way to accept it with my art.
And after a while, as I learnt not only to see the loss, but also the profit,
I wrote “The dialog with the wave” at a time when I could deal with it.
The disease might have signaled the biggest fight in my life, but I don’t say
that it has already defeated me and that in a kind of suffering way.
In both cases, whether you are at war, or peace seems to be there for you,
I hope this book will be a companion in many cases, as you get your worldview.
(Negin Schaller)