Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Antidote to Loneliness and Making Friends




Has your life been turned upside down and you find yourself lonely and needing to make new friendships? 

It happens to the best of us in our life now and then.  Moving to a new place, a new job, or even a new life after some chaos can be challenging.


Most of us keep ourselves busy with many logistical adjustments, trying to forget the circumstances that created our life change.   We get caught up in the settling process and forget to make some time to connect to others.  


After the settling process is finished, we stand there alone, left to the timing of the clock, clicking away our new routine.  It dawns on us that we need new friendships and connections to make our new life more meaningful with some purpose.


The world has changed so much and getting people's attention to connect with them can be difficult when you find them connected on their phones 24/7.


Loneliness easily sets in and staying there takes you into a loneliness spiral.


Lori from Tiny Buddha made this wonderful short film illustrating this. Watch her short film above and receive the hope that life changes get better with some time and perseverance.


So how do you navigate your way out of this place, when every connection attempt you make seems futile?  Here are some steps to help you.


1. Sit with the lonely feelings and feel where they are in your body.  Observe them as a physical sensation.  With a bit of time, the lonely feelings will pass through you.  More importantly, this first step makes an important connection for you, which is the next step.


2. You now make a connection and a friendship with that spark of light within you.  Even if it is pretend, go with it.  Give them a name if that helps.  Each of us has a Highest Self living inside us, waiting to help anytime and anywhere, if we would just connect with them.  Ask them for help.


3. Now, catch any thoughts that go with the loneliness.  Many times the chaos that changed our life, brings up thoughts that we used to make some sense of the chaos.  Any thoughts that say you are less than, not enough or don't deserve are lies your ego mind tells you.  Go to a mirror and tell your ego mind that you know these thoughts are lies and make a conscious choice not to believe them anymore.


4. Wait for some inspiration to come.  Within 72 hours, some ideas will come forward in your mind as to some action to take.  You might just find someone disconnecting from their phone long enough for you to make a connection.  Or maybe something will happen in your life that starts a connecting process.


This may take a few attempts to move out of the lonely hole into a positive world again.  Stick with it and be consistent with giving yourself positive self talk.


Want to feel better whenever loneliness sets in. Try this short video meditation to lift you up.
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