Dear Joan: You stated exactly how I feel. I had a gentleman mention also, that he must have done something so wrong for "God" to punish him so much, by giving him Parkinson's. I almost swallowed the pretzel I was chewing. I am a new age thinker of some things I guess but if that is the new age way, I will gladly just listen to the New Age Music and forget the other part. To believe in my mind that my "Higher Power" would punish me with the things I had done in my past, by giving me a disease like Parkinson's. To give me even a cold would make me wonder what was wrong with my brain function now. Yes, Joan, I too would be covered with many quills to show how much I had ticked him off. But that is too out there for me. I have my mind on enough things, like leading a better life. Like picking my body out of bed or couch or floor, wherever it happens to have been comfortable. Or like getting through another day. I don't require much more guilt in my life, for what I may or may not done. I personally punish myself enough on a daily basis. Thank you Joan. You know how to say it. TTFN Gina