A few months ago, I was living by myself at the lake house that I rented for a few months. My mom asked me if I felt lonely. My answer to her was that I never felt lonely… I had all these beautiful lively lake, the sun, the moon, birds, flowers, and trees all around me. I felt that I had a lot of friends.
I really didn’t feel lonely at all even when I was all by myself.
Now, looking back at the answer… I truly feel that if we don’t set ourselves apart from the whole… We will never ever feel lonely.
Setting ourselves apart from the whole creates more fear and loneliness in us.
Sitting quietly and observing the nature, I realized that I’m not different from any of them: flowers, bees, mountains, crickets, cows, or even virus… I’m not more special than any of them… My life or what happens to me doesn’t have much more meaning than any of them or of what they have.
The realization makes me feel more connected with all things.
Whatever that happens to me can’t be defined as good nor bad. Because if I did that it means that I was more special than others… I defined good or bad based on my preferred circumstances.
The realization makes me feel fearless and trust in the whole… The oneness… The world… The universe… The life that we live in.
Stop isolating myself from the whole world, stop focusing everything on this little me, on what this little me wants, or on how this little me needs to be treated, I feel more loved and joy.
