There has been a general principle of achievements in this universe that greatness awaits only the consistency of positivity who can continue his onward journey even through frustrations to fruitify the proverb that one is great only if he can rise again after every fall and who can always remain awake and active for the attainment of its goal whether or not he received recognition or applause.

But practically and logistically, what does an open relationship actually involve? Apparently, it's about 'being able to love yourself and others, plus healing some of the guilt and shame we have around our sexuality, says Susannah.

[…] faced with this emergency, Tessie took Chapter Eleven and me up to the attic. Maybe it was a vestige of our arboreal past; we wanted to climb up and out of danger.

I'm glad the rain has finally stopped.