Almost everyone has felt lonely at some time in their life. I know a few people who think if they found a life partner they would be happy and never lonely again. I’ve always been at a loss to explain why this is not necessarily true, but today I ran across this quote by Johann Hari which describes what I want to say about the subject: “Loneliness isn’t the physical absence of other people, it’s the sense that you’re not sharing anything that matters with anyone else. If you have lots of people around you – perhaps even a husband or wife, or a family, or a busy workplace – but you don’t share anything that matters with them, then you’ll still be lonely.” So I could attribute the fact I feel surrounded by love and emotionally fulfilled to many life events, including being an only child, but with this quote in mind, and my propensity to live in the present, I’d like to state its cause to be these daily writings. When something strikes me as important, I write about it and share it with you. Daily events, wonderful books, important documentaries, memorable movies — I tell you about it. And I am grateful …
“No one can change the law of Christian metaphysics, the law of right thinking, nor in any wise alter its effects. It is a forever fact that the meek and lowly in heart are blessed and comforted by divine Love. If the proud are lonely and uncomforted, it is because they have thoughts adverse to the law of love. Pride, arrogance, and self-will are unmerciful, and so receive judgment without mercy; but the law of metaphysics says, ‘Blessed are the merciful,’ and will allow no one to escape that blessedness, howsoever far he may stray, whatsoever lawlessness of hatred he may practise and suffer from.” Mary Baker Eddy - The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany Page 41:7-15
“The wish to see calls down the grace of God upon your eyes, and brings the gift of light that makes sight possible. Would you behold your brother? God is glad to have you look on him. He does not will your savior be unrecognized by you. Nor does He will that he remain without the function that He gave to him. Let him no more be lonely, for the lonely ones are those who see no function in the world for them to fill; no place where they are needed, and no aim which only they can perfectly fulfill.” A Course in Miracles T-25.VI.3:1-6
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