LonelinessFreedom

Not all we think is glorious or fulfilling. Often, we are swept with feelings we wish to hide, fail to acknowledge or tremble to admit. Why do we place such value on positive and reject negative thoughts? Loneliness is like that. Perhaps more so in that it itself has no acknowledgment. No one to hear, no one to share, no to feel what your feeling. What person has never felt the despair of this emotion. Who has never felt the dread of saying, “Why me”? It would take a brave soul or a fool to say never to this question. Yet one must ponder why with over five billion people on this planet one could ever truly be alone. Is it the world, the people around us or is it within? As with all things, is this emotion based on a journey that must begin with each of us? It is so easy to point a finger, say I can’t, or it won’t happen. It’s much harder to accept responsibility for our own destiny. To step out, to take a chance to risk nothing that is not already missing is easy. Searching and finding others is the real challenge. For in every person you meet, no matter how similar or different from yourself there is a tiny piece of you. Each of us whether from another country, a different walk of life or another religion, we share something. Meeting that person, communicating, sharing life’s experiences allows us not only to interact with them but also to thwart this thing called loneliness. In every person regardless of the good or evil they possess they have something in common with us. The search, the sharing not only places us in contact with others but, helps us to find who we really are and want to be. Step out, reach out, participate in life and find the reward you seek. Nothing is achieved by inactivity. Everything is gained through effort. Never be at peace with yourself until you are at peace with the world!