Wednesday; February 13
Often, when we discuss the
issue of loneliness, we typically focus on trying to get people to reach out to
the lonely and help them feel welcome in our world. While this is a noble effort, I would like to
take a little different approach. If we
find ourselves being lonely, what can we do?
There are going to be some gregarious people who may never understand
what it feels like to be isolated and alone, but there are many of us who have
felt like no one notices us much less cares about us. We might be able to mount a logical argument
to dissuade this belief, but the emotional draw of loneliness is strong and
often defies reason. So, what can we do to help
us deal with our loneliness? Here are
three suggestions: 1. Work on our ability to trust others. Sometimes our isolation is due to our
inability to interact with people, but other times it is built upon a lack of
trust of others. We can’t depend upon
them, so we stay away from them. A first
step in coming out of the shadows mi…