New Year, new thinking..

[AndrewP]

((Colly)) feel free to vent at me as much as you want - I have a pretty thick skin which is also protected by the very large pond that is between us. None of us ever want to hear things that may contradict what we ourselves believe to be true. My opinions are just that. Opinions. And mine are based on my own experiences and perspective which are different from yours.

I assure you, that if I had the answers and truth that I'd be on top of a mountain somewhere chilling my backside rather than sitting here in an overheated room in Ontario Canada with a cold beer beside me and the scent of freshly blooming lilacs around me.

It is very easy for what we have gone through to have us become cynical and bitter and I admire you for the fact that you have not tread on that path which sadly bears my own footprints.

I'm glad that you are feeling a lightness and freedom from your recent choices. We each walk our own path.

For some bizarre reason this has all reminded me of a favourite movie "Howl's Moving Castle" which I've just decided to watch again before dinner (Lamb stew with fresh tea biscuits). I don't know if you've ever encountered it before or not but it is a lovely film that speaks of struggle, compromises and redemption.