Ain't that some profound shit?

"Sometimes the times when you don't know what you're doing is when you make the greatest discoveries about yourself."

I found this in my email this morning. This is probably the most accurate statement that can be made about the last 8 months. Some others that I've come across recently:

"I have learned that the worst thing in the world is not being alone; it is being where you don't want to be. Sure, I get lonely and depressed, but that was true when I was married, too. The last six months of my marriage were the lonliest of my entire life. Living alone is not half bad when compared to living alone with someone else."

Even if the most important person in your world rejects you, you are still real, and you are still okay. --Codependent No More

"You will survive, but it is wading through the crud that is so difficult. Your boots get stuck once in a while and you look back on the path that you were on, thinking to yourself that at least you know the way back. All of it is hard, but it is not fruitless. Through all of this you become a better person, stronger, more alive and you know for damn sure what you want out of life."

Can I have a big Amen?!?!
A girlfriend of mine sent me this recently:

"After all, it was he who ultimately couldn't take the stress, not you, so you can face whatever comes, bad days and all."

And no, I'm not having a bad day. In fact, quite the opposite. It was on the drive home yesterday that I realized what the strange feeling was that I was experiencing...contentment. I was content. I'm not skipping through life singing a happy tune. Not yet anyway. But I am content. Of the few things in life or about my life that I would like that I don't already have, I am well on my way to achieving. I have hope.