Penny, I do hope that a good streak of "ups" is about to start for you after that long chain of "downs". A faithful reader of the Bard of Avon deserves no less.

But allow me to confess that when I saw your heading I was excited by the thought that you were going to raise the fascinating subject of the biggest turn-offs on this earth, viz. people who dare to say to others: "You know, I'm too smart to pray to God, but I'm having this or that problem, so will you, not being as smart as I am,please pray for me?"