Ohhh, Shanti! You've made my day! I'm so pleased that my words gave you some hope!! I know you wish it could be different for me and I appreciate your kindness and compassion. Thank you! It's "old stuff" now, so although I'm not "happy" about it, I've learned to live with it as it is. I've had to let go of turning myself inside out to try to make it work with people who treat others with abuse and disrespect. I spent years trying ... they're not getting anymore of my happiness or my energy.
So I send them love when I think about them, and that's about all I can do.
Thing is - I took all of them for counselling for a long time, but you know what they say about leading that proverbial horse to water ... πππ