Don, I just wanted to say what an EXCELLENT post!!
So very true about happiness and finding it within ourselves. We tend to think that our happiness lies with others...if WAS comes back THEN I will be happy...not necessarily, that's only where the really hard work starts...it's not just as simple as unpacking boxes. You have to be happy with yourself...a true happiness, not a fake smile given for someone else's benefit. It's something as my friends say with me I GLOW...there is such a peace about me now that they say I freaking glow when they see me. I am happy. Happier than I probably have been in at least 20yrs...am I in an R, no, married, no...okay, so I am kinda/sorta seeing someone...but I'm okay...gonna make it despite all the hell I have been through...coming out like a ray of sunshine...that's where we all hope to be...and yes there are rough days, yesterday one of them...but you find the strength to move forward.
You just let go, drop the rope and control only what you have control over - yourself and your emotions. You don't take a ride on the rollercoaster anymore.
