Self Love

A friend's ex-husband left her after 40 years of marriage to take up with a 20 year old.  It would not be easy to recover from such a shock when you had the expectation of growing old with someone.  We never know what is around the corner.  And we may not know how we're going to handle it.  The most we can hope for is to make it through with integrity, forgiveness, and love of self. I came across a plaque years ago that read, "The only prison is the prison of self." We can lock ourselves in, or free ourselves.