Welcoming myself and others to this group

Hello everyone. As this group revolves around friendship, the first thing I will do is provide an olive branch for the rest of my group-mates. Though I am just one of many strangers, I'm glad to be here! My alias here is Temperance. This is important to me as this word reminds me to ground myself in troubling times. As much as I do like to dabble with things like tarot, ocassionally -where this word represents a major arcana figure- I often think of all that as silly. In reality, I'm still just a person trying to live their life, which is just about the most any of us can do! I have had hard times, especially recently, where I failed to see the point to life. Then I was reminded to freedom and happiness can be taken away as easily as I am typing this now. For context, I spent a day in a mental hospital, just a day. However, this was my first time really thinking this was my solution. While it did provide clarity, it reminded me where my home was and why life is so important. And it is still hard to live, it always will be. I know now that I am not here alone, nor will I ever be. Thank you for listening to my words. I look forward to learning more about members of this group that are willing to share. Best regards, Temperance