I have been feeling kinda weird lately. I have been feeling lonely, and yet I am not alone. My hubby and I are usually always together when we are home, and I am always with friends at work; and yet, I still feel lonely. I realized the reason, my extended family is far away from me. You see my Mom and Dad are in Florida for the summer, and my brother and his family are now in Europe for the rest of July.
I still talk to my mom every day so that has not changed, and I speak to my brother about once every two weeks, but knowing that I won't speak to my brother for another month and that my mom and dad will be gone, it makes me lonely. I think loneliness comes from thoughts and emotions, not reality, and that is why they say, "it is worse to be lonely with someone than to be lonely alone".
So to my friends, tell me what you think about loneliness. Is it real or is it imaginary?
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Loneliness is real. Sometimes one can feel lonely in a room full of people. It has happened to me. I think that you are feeling a void in your life because your family is far away. You are very intertwined with your family and involved in each others lives and there is security in knowing that you can just in the car and run over and see them when you want. So now what do you do with yourself for the next few weeks when they are far away and you can't just pop over to your mom's house for dinner or whatever? Pamper yourself and make memories to share with them when they return. It isn't abnormal to feel this way at all. I miss my mom a lot and knowing that I'll never see her again (until it's my time) is a lonely feeling at times. I think loneliness is a reality check to make one realize and appreciate what they have when they have it because we all take people for granted at one time or another in our lives.
ReplyDeleteLoneliness is evidence that God is speaking but we don't quite know how to answer Him.
ReplyDeleteNext time you feel lonely, take a deep breath, close your eyes and say, "Okay, God. I'm listening." You will suddenly discover you were never alone in the first place!