Wow Bath you seem to put whats in my mind on paper so well! You and Innana Thats exactly how I feel, you have to have both and acknowledge both before you can be centred and balanced.

What you said about being heard or feeling like you're being dismissed is so true as well. I have a friend who does that - says great things but it's like she listens...says "uh huh" then parrots out what she's read ina book. And although the advice is good sometimes I wonder if she was really listening at all.

I bought this little trinckett (sp?) thing in a gift shop today. It was a little rustic metal square and on one side it said "believe" and on the other side it said "everything happens for a reason". When I bought it the lady said "that's a nice gift for someone" and I said "actually I bought it for me - to keep in my purse" and she smiled then said "I want to tell you, and I don't know why - that you can only see the rainbow after a storm" and she touched my arm and smiled and said thank you...

It was so nice and made me think that yes, you do need to feel the lows to appreciate the highs