“Alone & Alive” Blog #43
We’ve all felt lonely. We’e had horrible feelings of loss. Each one of us has been
afraid. Even the Queen of England in all her glory, showed her humanity and fragility
with sadness in her heart. She spoke on November 24, 1992 “I have not looked back on
this year with undiluted pleasure. This year has turned out to be an “Annis Horribilus”
(horrible year).” Windsor Castle went up in flames, and three out of her four children got
divorced. She said, "I am not alone in thinking so, about this year. Wisdom is lacking in
those who have instant opinions on all things great and small, without knowing truth.
So I tell you, we cannot pray too often. It is possible we have too much of a good thing
and not know it. Yet, he who has never failed only has the right to be the fiercest critic.”
So you can see, we all have been through tragedy, even the Queen of England herself,
hasbeen to a scary, lonely place. When we get to that scary, lonely place, how do we
cope?
When the cards have folded all around us, that’s when we want to hide from truth.
I decided I needed help after the recent death of my daughter Bridget. There was an
open wound in my heart not healing. Everything I did to keep busy just was not
working. I could not sleep at night and it was getting worse. I prayed for help and very
quickly I learned about a wonderful, counselor that had an opening. After a year of his
inspiring wisdom, this gentle elderly man truly has helped me figure more things out.
FDaily prayers of thankfulness, and I say seldom trouble sleeping for the most part. His
wisdom I pass on and now share with you here.
When I first met with this wise man, he asked me the strangest question, “What do you
think Hell would be like if you were not alive?” I sat frozen in silence. What did this have
to do with why I was here? He sat there smiling and in a very quiet, firm voice said,
“No one is alone. No one is alone, except by choice, things keep happening the same
until a different choice is made.
There is light and dark.
There is good and bad.
There is Heaven and Hell.
A person in Hell may suddenly be shown their life through the eyes of each person they
have hurt. This is true Hell.
Then he took a deep breath and said, “Best you move on to
Being Alive. So many out there feel dead and not alive.”
What did he mean by this statement.?
Loneliness and isolation are everywhere. Life is difficult, but try we must. Trying each
day is what it’s all about.
NEVEFR QUIT TRYING..
Did you know that Grandma Moses did not even start painting until well into her 90’s?
That’s a positive statement. Yet on a negative note, going forward lets say you try to
help someone. You make a delicious dinner, you put on some soothing music, and you
build a big roaring fire for them to come sit, in out of the cold. Yet your sad friend walks
in the door, looks around and turns their back on your help, choosing to go back out
into the dark of night all alone. They refuse your help no matter what you do. Understand?
I knew exactly what he was alluding to - trying to help my daughter; Bridget.
let them go - they go by choice. Nothing you can do to stop them.
WORK ON YOURSELF NOW. WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT.
He sighed and with kind eyes looked over at me. “Angels are all
around us, now we just have to be ready to feel them.
You must accept that for you everything is going to be just fine, rememberer the
good always, let go of the bad times”. I was crying with tears of hope. When I left
that day, I left with a sense of peace and more knowing, in my heart.
And tonight I say, If you are reading my Blog, whatever you are going through,
We all have been through something. We all have been saddled with loneliness.
take comfort in knowing we all are in the same “boat of LIfe” together. We all get up
every morning, put on our clothes, and go out into the new day.
We will experience the lessons of this day.
Each of us may have sadness or joy. But now we have tools to deal with life. Only a
FOOL chooses to take on life’s problems alone. For without the light of Christ to show us
the way, we cannot feel alive. I remember the last parting words with my counselor.
He was smiling as I stood their with more tears running down my cheeks.
“Perhaps all the people who have come and gone in your life today, were there to
help you understand how to become a better person.
We all hurt sometimes. We all have loss, and .we all have love. Look to love Yourself.
You know how to do this because you have the “Internal tools of Jesus Christ light”
We lose people along the way, but each of us are here for a specific purpose, choose
good until it’s time for you to go. Go out, find your way, and give back with all the tools
you’ve been given. Smile at the memories of those close to your heart, who helped in
your becoming stronger. Now go in the knowing you are never alone, Jesus Christ and
your Guardian Angel are with you always. Learn to Love Yourself.
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