I posted this one before - my husband Ferdi as a Blue Lantern, and myself as a Green Lantern.

However, a few years back, when I was in a bad way emotionally, my husband wrote a few positive affirmations for me as a gift. Some words to remind me of the principles we share, and the encouragement I need, to read when he is off at work, or it's late and he's asleep, or other times where he can't hold me or my hand.

A few months ago, I put his index cards in with my art, and made collages like this for a folder on our desktop PC.

Now I share them, that they may benefit other furries in these rough times... especially if those rough times are deeply personal as mine are.

Hope keeps us alive, waiting to take action when the time is right to invoke our Will and achieve what we want... even if what we want is to get out of bed and scrounge breakfast out of slim pickings in the pantry.

Positive thoughts will help.

Will is when we put our hopes into action, when we drag ourselves out of bed when we've only had 5 or less hours. When we pick something to keep us moving from the pantry to our commute. When we have to smile and nod at strangers and associates on a job we may or may not want to be at.

We may drag our feet through a mire of disappointment, anxiety, frustration and dread... but putting that emotional agitation into our actions will buy time for those feelings to change indirectly.

You are (somewhat) in charge of how you feel today.