[Tez]

It has been good reading all of the information exchanges here, from forum members who have such diverse situations and how they have either handled their situation or are handling the situation one small bite at a time.

The hardest part appears to be having a partner who refuses to accept anything that they cannot see-touch-taste-smell etc for themselves, and are not open to the concept of other possibilities that have not yet been "scientifically proven" or "officially" let be known to the masses.

Sometimes i think to myself it's good not having a partner because i don't have to waste my energies convincing them of our own known yet unknown feelings, thoughts and "gained knowledge", and yet the other side of the coin comes up to rear its ugly head, and you wish that at least you did have some-one close to share the communication with - provided that they are "open" to dialogue and have a reasonable arguement in the discussion.

Susan, the eXchanger, had it somewhat right in saying :-
"another person can NOT make us happy, they can only make us happier"
The ideal being really is to SHARE happiness, but ultimately you are responsible for your own happiness as no-one can control that for us, just as we are not controlled by anybody else, we are in charge of our own destiny.

Those we meet along our destined path can guide us to our own ideals, they can point a way forward, but it is up to each of us as to which path we do take, and the whole of life is really one long learning experience.
We will make mistakes along the way, we will learn from them, but we must also listen with all our senses and to listen to the mistakes others have made along the journey - as one wise person said, learn also from the mistakes of others as we will never live long enough to make them all ourselves...........

Be happy,

Tez