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Posts tagged ‘Loneliness’

Feb 26

Very Good Medicine

“Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.” – Camille Pissarro

“Blessed are you, feeling the quiet ache of disconnection, wondering if anyone sees you, if anyone notices, if anyone might reach back if you dare to reach out. Blessed are you carrying the deep truth that you were made for connection, even if it feels risky. Even if it’s been a while. Blessed are you who send the text, ask the better question or show up for someone else. Not because it’s easy, but because you know we’re at our best when we hold each other up. And blessed are you who welcome others in. Who say yes, come over. Or I was thinking of you. Or you’re not alone. Because when we let ourselves care and be cared for, we remember this is how we were meant to live. May your loneliness soften just enough to let love in. May you notice the small threads of connection all around you. A wave, a smile, a voice that says I’m here. May you feel it deep in your bones. You are worthy of love. You are never alone.” – Kate Bowler

Wonderful podcast with Kate Bowler and Vivek Murthy this week on loneliness and what to do about it.
Reach out, text, call, get out, show up
Daily
Give, receive, give again, receive tenfold
We are made for connection, conversation, love
We belong to each other
And apparently, we have certainly forgotten
So here’s your reminder, wake up call, prod, poke, punch in the face
Out of complacency into connection, belonging, kindness, beauty, boldness, expansion, joy, laughter
We are good medicine for each other, very good
Love where you are right now and be loved.

“The law of evolution is that the strongest survives!’ ‘Yes, and the strongest, in the existence of any social species, are those who are most social. In human terms, most ethical…There is no strength to be gained from hurting one another. Only weakness.”― Ursula K. Le Guin

May 26

BeautiFULLY Human

“Agape is total love. It is the love that consumes the person who experiences it. Whoever knows and experiences agape learns that nothing else in the world is important – just love.― Paolo Coelho, The Pilgrimage

“To become fully human means learning to turn my gratitude for being alive into some concrete common good. It means growing gentler toward human weakness. It means practicing forgiveness of my and everyone else’s hourly failures to live up to divine standards. It means learning to forget myself on a regular basis in order to attend to the other selves in my vicinity. It means living so that “I’m only human” does not become an excuse for anything. It means receiving the human condition as blessing and not curse, in all its achingly frail and redemptive reality.” – Barbara Brown Taylor, An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith

Stop scrolling.
Start connecting.
Use the phone to call or text at least one person in your circle each day.
A check in to reconnect.
A text that leads to a regular call to an in person real conversation.
There’s a loneliness epidemic.
We are each other’s cure.
Love each day through action, simple as a text and phone call.
A smile to the human who is working three jobs to make ends meet who hands you overpriced coffee for underpriced work.
Family and friends closest to you who may be struggling.
Do not pass by without stopping to look, listen, inquire, listen some more.
Let’s regain our humanity.
In simple acts done lovingly.
Discover the joy in giving, thinking of yourself less, and making someone’s day.
Be fully human, beautiFULLY human today.
Be the garden where others can bloom.
Cast light.

“Love isn’t a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like struggle. To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.”― Fred Rogers, The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember