Hi John, I must say you are well articulated, when a door closes you look for different ways of doing things, which leads you to new doors and new paths, that's exactly what I did after my divorce, I changed direction, the door I closed was locked and the key was thrown away.
The question you ask in your last paragraph,'how do you find new happiness', well one thing is that you've de-cluttered and thrown out what you don't want, secondly, you're connecting with the people you want to and thirdly, you have closed the doors that you want no part of any more.
That's what I've also done, there were many unsolved problems I couldn't solve or sort out, so I have locked them up in an imaginary box and set them afloat, a rather dramatic composition, but if I was to re-open them behind that closed door, then back I'll be at square one, struggling once again.
To find my best happiness I must say is difficult because there are situations and circumstances that have changed throughout my life, however, I can say that today was better than yesterday.
Good talking with you.
Geoff.
