Hi, Mlynn!!
Just wanted to say "HI!" and a couple thoughts on a couple of your comments.
You said,
Just a bit of time out of my toxic situation....a few hours....and my whole mood changed
It's like coming out of a fog, isn't it? The brain works better when not surrounded by sick people.
I took a posters advice
Isn't that cool how we start to "notice" guidance from different places once we begin to detach from our toxic situation? A friend of mine kept referring to me as a "rose"...then I saw a poster that said [something like], "PERSPECTIVE: I can lament that the rose has thorns, or rejoice because from the thornbush has blossomed a rose."
Good to "see" you.