I saw this beautiful piece yesterday on a friends page + she was happy for me to share this, thank you Kelly 
Sometimes people walk away from love because it is so beautiful that it terrifies them. 
Sometimes they leave because the connection shines a bright light on their dark places and they are not ready to work them through. 
Sometimes they run away because they are not developmentally prepared…
13 years ago I was… 
living in freezing cold London dreaming of living in Australia 
clinically depressed 
stuck as a carer for an abusive psychotic partner 
broke 
in despair 
couldn’t see a way out at times living in survival mode each day 
disconnected from a lot of friends, family and most of all myself These days I’m… 
living in sunny Australia 
mentally healthy 
with…
I look happy in this picture, right? This was me in September 2010, the month before I moved from London to Australia. I was in Ibiza, with my brother, and it was definitely a happier week than I’d had, but I was still a shell of my former self. I’d had a hell of a year – actually a hell of a few years leading up to that holiday. I’d lost close friends to…