A peek into hundreds of lives, hundreds of relationships - young love, mature love , married couples celebrating their 60 th anniversary, divorces - after 4 , 5 and 35 and 50 years of being together - abusive relationships, cheating, just getting bored ... whatever be the case I have realized marriages are not easy and can never be taken for granted. I have known people carrying their spouses ash around their neck... people lost after losing their partner after 60 years of togetherness, and those same people trying to find joy again -in new relationships, new hobbies, faith and family. Life definitely does go on - we are just incidental and absolutely dispensible. Yet we are nothing without each other. I wouldn't be able to survive without human connection. It is not an option, it is a necessity. We are so entangled with each other - that reaching out to others is part of our living.
Stories that touch our hearts are what connects us and nothing touches our hearts more than loss - we are unified in our grief . Happiness is a different story. Everyday I see people who just need that one kind look, an acknowledgement of their presence - they don't care who gives it. It is said that the opposite of love is not hate , but indifference and I couldn't agree more. Love, spread warmth,listen, spread kindness..... and you feel more human again. Empathize, laugh, smile, and you have connected to another being. You need to reach out and when someone lends you a hand , be grateful and take it. We are interdependent - we need each other - we are humans and although animals can love us unconditionally, we do desire to connect with our own species.
A walk down the dyke rejuvenates me - but sharing the dyke with people like me, exchanging greetings and smiles with a simple "what a lovely day" is what warms my heart.
So go ahead and communicate - hug, kiss, smile, laugh, cry together - our time is limited but if we have touched even one heart , healed one soul, given hope to one individual we have not lived in vain.
Stories that touch our hearts are what connects us and nothing touches our hearts more than loss - we are unified in our grief . Happiness is a different story. Everyday I see people who just need that one kind look, an acknowledgement of their presence - they don't care who gives it. It is said that the opposite of love is not hate , but indifference and I couldn't agree more. Love, spread warmth,listen, spread kindness..... and you feel more human again. Empathize, laugh, smile, and you have connected to another being. You need to reach out and when someone lends you a hand , be grateful and take it. We are interdependent - we need each other - we are humans and although animals can love us unconditionally, we do desire to connect with our own species.
A walk down the dyke rejuvenates me - but sharing the dyke with people like me, exchanging greetings and smiles with a simple "what a lovely day" is what warms my heart.
So go ahead and communicate - hug, kiss, smile, laugh, cry together - our time is limited but if we have touched even one heart , healed one soul, given hope to one individual we have not lived in vain.
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