Sunday 8 March 2015

Loneliness and Hope

                                'Loneliness' the very sound of the word has a haunting quality and,
                                    Loneliness can tug at one's heart leaving an echo of emptiness. 


Loneliness is everywhere and can be found anywhere: on a crowded bus; in a restaurant; at a party; in a schoolroom; at work and even within a family. 
       
           You can be A lone in the wilderness but lonely amongst a multitude, as loneliness can be vastly different from being alone.

One of The Reader's Digest Oxford dictionary definitions for Alone is: Single handed; by oneself and; for Loneliness it is: solitude, desolation; isolation and seclusion.

You can be alone yet be happy and contented, but being lonely can be like a virus - incidious - as it can creep up on you or, strike you with a vengence, and, often there is no control over it.  Loneliness is impartial to who you are or what you have - it can strike anybody even if they are: rich, poor - live on the streets or in a mansion; single, partnered, have ten children or have none; work as a business person or a cashier, etc.

      Many of us have experienced adversity, pain and sorrow which can often bring on loneliness,
    something which can fill our whole being and bring us to our knees, making life seem worthless.
                                                                          BUT,
                 as hard as it is we must ride through the loneliness and those negative feelings,
                                                                            as,
                                Loneliness does not have to be forever, or rule your life!

      
                        If we realise the setbacks in our lives are a turning point to something better,
                                                          the universe is open to us.
                                                      If we can turn our lives around
and
live in hope,
we will see and know
the richness that people
and
life
has to offer!      

                                                 So, INSTEAD of living with loneliness,
                                                                       reach out.
                                                               Hold onto HOPE,
                                                                            as:
                                                     HOPE can move mountains;
               HOPE is what has saved many a person who has gone through the most horrific times;
                                                   HOPE is innate within us all even YOU;
                                                      HOPE is YOUR lifeline to overcome;
               HOPE is the beginning of YOU changing your OWN world, your OWN circumstances,
                                                           
                                                                   and so, dear Friends          

                  LIVE and NURTURE HOPE and you can conquer anything including loneliness!

                                                                 
                                                     The tapestry of a life lived with HOPE

                                                      lets us anticipate what that life can be!


                                            USE that HOPE to reach out and grasp life,
                                                                               to
                                                                negate that loneliness,
                                                                               to
                                   ask for help - even if you can only take baby steps at first,
                                                                             but...
                                                                             DO...
                                                                      dear friends,
                                                     grasp hold of your innate HOPE,
                                                                       your OWN LIFE,
                                                                              and,
                                             take a chance to change the way you think
                                                                              and,
                                                                              DO!
               
                                                                 Change your thoughts
                                                                     and you change
                                                                       your world.

                                                              (Norman Vincent Peale)


                                               It will not be easy and you will have to work at it,
                                                                              but,
                                                                      dear friends,
                                                         have faith in yourself to overcome!

                                                                   GREAT THINGS
                                                                      are not done
                                                                       by impulse,
                                                                    but by a series
                                                                    of small things
                                                                  brought together.
                                                    
                                                                (Vincent van Gogh)


Have a great day... week... month... and YEAR...
and live with HOPE - use it to overcome - ANYTHING and EVERYTHING!

regards
Ruth




                           

                                                             



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