Tag Archives: loneliness
Addressing dementia…being there even when nobody (up there ‘mentally’) is there.
This is a painful topic, but an increasingly present challenge to us nowadays.
‘A friend sticks closer than a brother’, they say. Why is that so? If we think deeper about it, there are some commonsense things…..
Photo by Duffy Brook
Just like salt, when you show a little kindness, it goes a long way. Sometimes we may not feel up to the mark and may even make excuses for putting in the effort for doing a good deed for others. When we step out of our comfort zone and show a little…..
Loneliness is such a hard thing to bear! Being rejected makes you feel like an outcast. It makes you think, ‘what is the purpose of living’. Life becomes meaningless if you have no one to share it with. Life becomes unsatisfying when you sense that you are not needed or wanted by the ones you really care about.
But do take a moment to reflect on life. Naked and alone you came into this world and naked and alone you…..
I watched the news and gasped like so many others at the sudden passing away of the ‘King of Comedy’ – Robin Williams. Only those who have walked in a person’s shoes knows what road they are traversing. Depression, which had also plagued this much loved actor, takes on many faces. Sometimes it is quite visible and people notice the psychotic or neurotic behaviour. But often times it is masked by an opposite manifestation of what seems to happy living.
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