…a young girl asked.
In the tide high or low, as one grows up in age, the shadows of loneliness spreads in the ebb and flow of life. It is not age bound. Isolation at innate levels arise to the surface only to make one feel empty and lonely.
Loneliness is something that each one of us may go through at a certain point in our lives. It is subjective and depends on one’s aspiration, perception, imagination and reality of bonding and connecting to relationships or any social tie ups. It is not related to the number of Facebook friends or insta likes. Neither it is determined by the face value or monetary status. I have often experienced loneliness as the somber gap between relationships I aspire and the ones i want.
Not digging too deep into age groups and speculate on how negative feelings can weaken with age, I ponder how and what is a good way to respond to loneliness. While it is interesting to know how others may reconnect and regroup, accept or ignore, have a social support system and so on, do you think that it also depends on our inner well being and state of mind? Maybe one should focus and work on their own inner strategies like self-compassion and good health.
Although there might be a lawn of tips and methods, in the mean time, let us keep affirming and remind ourselves that we are enough and have the potential to unlearn and relearn. Everyone is sailing in the same boat at some level. Trying to engage in things we like too do might help beat this angst against loneliness.
3-7-2021