Dear Hilary: I think you have put your finger on something elusive. I find I am often moved to tears/touched more deeply these days.The mystery, as you have stated so eloquently, is whether PD CAUSES or ALLOWS this. Carole H. --- Hilary Blue <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I wonder. I'm not sure i agree with you.. Of course > i can only speak to my own > feelings - but i think that PD allows me -or causes > me (it depends on your > point of vie w ) t o cry much more easily. so > that when something moves me, > i cry, where once i would have remained stoically > stony faced . THis > sounds sort of back to front. I dot mean like the PD > mad, I means i was > trained not to allow my emotions to show up too > much on the surface - not to > laugh to loud (bad manners), not to cry in public > (embarrassing), not to > reveal ones feelings. But now, the slightest thing > will set off the tears - > which kind of gives me licence to admit that i am > feeling whatever - and thus > i seem to be feeling more than i did, but actually > i'm just showing tha ti'm > feeling more than i did. I do but if i'm making m > self clear - i'm not even > sure I know what i'm getting at. > > > Hilary BLue > > Bernard Shaw wrote: > > > > Janet I am so pleased that you are alright. Your > poem did touch me but then > > nowadays so much touches me that I did not > consciously see before > > Parkinon's. A piece of music .a child that is in > distress, a poverty > > stricken person anywhere in the world. My heart > goes out to them. Is it > > possibly all this Sinamet.? Does it cause our > brains to react differently or > > is it Old Age creeping up.? I tell everone that I > meet, I will live to be a > > hundred, Parkinson or no Parkinson. I want to see > the civilisation jump in > > the next thirty years. Perhaps I too will be able > to go to Mars or even the > > Moon. I have alwayss been an optimist so perhaps I > will reach the 100 mark. > > http://members.teleweb.at/bernard.shaw/poetry.html > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com