hi all someone wrote: >I have to ask what exactly is eternity? Could it >be a higher power, God possibly? I would argue >that nothing as destructive as PD comes from God >and I also like to hold out hope that I have some >control over my existence. >Just my opinion. i think eternity is what we really are i.e. when we are not stumbling about in this the physical world i.e. life "as we know it" i think nothing is negative or positive except in the way we choose to regard it e.g. at different times i have viewed my pd diagnosis as a terrifying pronouncement of my impending doom and also as a wakeup call upside the head from grace i think we do have control over critical parts of our existence while we are here e.g. i can choose to recognise the "impending doom" aspect or not i can choose to recognise the "wakeup call" aspect or not i can choose to act on that recognition or not i can choose when to act on that recognition we did not control the fact that we were physically born we will not control the fact that we physically must die we have all sorts of choices laid out in front of us as to what we do inbetweentimes ask and be answered seek and find guaranteed eternally yours janet janet paterson: an akinetic rigid subtype, albeit perky, parky pd: 55/41/37 cd: 55/44/43 tel: 613 256 8340 email: [log in to unmask] smail: 375 Country Street, Almonte, Ontario, Canada, K0A 1A0 a new voice: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn