A Different Kind of Loneliness
The loneliness many of us experience has nothing to do with the presence or absence of other people. The loneliness I’m speaking of is a symptom of not feeling at home in ourselves. Our remedy for that is to be with other people. The only reason that seems to work is because when we’re with other people, we lose ourselves in our co-joined presence. When that happens, we don’t feel lonely because we experience being something bigger than ourselves.
The Deepest Gratitude Comes From One Source
Recently, I’ve noticed something about gratitude that’s brand new for me. For years, it’s been easy for me to feel grateful for almost anything I happen to notice, but the sense of gratitude I felt was always attached to a specific thing. I might have felt grateful for something as small as the way the light changed on a cloudy day, or hearing my cat Munchkin purring in the middle of the night, or a cool breeze on a warm day.