Why do we feel lonely?
What is it that makes us want to sink deeper and deeper in a black hole and slowing die a little more inside each day?
This disease known as depression is like cancer, it finds a place to plant a seed and then it spreads its evil web of dark misery. But it doesn't stop, it clouds our vision, it dampens our passions and slowly like a leech it sucks the very life out of us.
So, what is the answer?
Well being alone is a bad idea, get out into the light, get out and find a friend, someone to talk to, someone you trust. John Cougar wrote 'Everyone just needs a hand to hold onto'. It not about the sex or lusts, most times it simply to have someone to talk to, to be near when the monsters come out to play, when you feel like giving up and all seems lost.
Have you found that someone?
I have and yet I fear I am abusing the privilege and friendship. I have no physical contact and very little verbal, there have been occasions when the walls have got too close and an emergency calls were necessitated. Other times urgent advice was required. Otherwise its all about a wireless wonder.
I do so miss the conversation and availability of hugs on hand, but a new world awaits and I must sail through the mist to find what awaits me on the other side.
Good Night!
If I may, in response to the question, "Why do we feel lonely?", say this: We are created in the image of God and since God is a Trinity (Father, Son, Spirit), we are thus intrinsically created for companionship. We are made to want to be in community, or commune with others because it's in our wiring!
ReplyDeleteI was reading a Dr. Dobson book the other day and he was saying that hugs actually release a hormone into your blood stream which is necessary for emotional health. Check this article out (titled, A Hug a Day Could Save Your Life): http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,249138,00.html
Virginia Stair (who's that?) said,“We need 4 hugs a day for survival. We need 8 hugs a day for maintenance. We need 12 hugs a day for growth.”
So dude - get some hugs! I'll hug you! There's lots of people who will hug you! Or maybe we should invent a blackberry with arms...