Lovely threadmembers, I haven't been around much lately which is a bit crap really but I find myself reaching a different point on my journey, turning from compulsively reading to just being happy to 'be' if that makes sense.
It's been almost a year since I first found salvation on MN and am still so grateful for that.
As I was bouncing around my kitchen to various musical tunes this evening (and scrawling I love my life in the steamed up glass on the back-door 
) I was reminded of something I read in a self-help book years ago now and just have to share it.
I probably can't do it justice without the words as they were written but the basic sentiment is that our hearts are our own.
In more detail the book passage basically said that whatever we feel, our own hearts generate.
That sounds a bit blaming really doesn't it when it comes to the emotions that are not so nice to feel, but more importantly, the really good and great ones too.
Whenever we've felt/feel in love, overwhelmed by the beauty of our children, family, pets, work etc it's us who have made/generated these feelings, they are our own and we can 'make' them again anytime we like.
That always comes to me whenever I'm feeling down or particularly lonely (am struggling to get used to these much colder, darker nights which always tend to trigger these sort of feelings for me for a while)
Well, time to put on the portable daylight lamp for me obviously, hope this makes some sort of sense and sending you all love and strength to feel what you can and need to :)
I'm also reminded at this point about a recent FB post of a fellow Mumsnetter which I loved - the truth shall set you free - but first it will piss you off!
