Have you ever wondered how much time you spend all alone in a day? I guess this time figure varies for every single one of us. How much time do we need to be spending by ourselves in a day? Some people will argue I do not have enough time to myself..... I am always surrounded by people.. I need some space and privacy ... Others will say I spend so much time alone it is starting to get miserable ... I feel I have no friends... So is there an ideal time? Is there a middle way? If there is and you know it, please let me know too!!
Well, there are times when I can understand that I have had too much time to myself as I start eating without being hungry ... yeah I think you are right - it is called 'comfort eating!' ! I guess it is just boredom; you have nobody to talk to but you still want to move your mouth and exercise the mastication muscles (did you know when you talk they get toned??) so you eat instead. However, eating does make you pile on the pounds, whereas talking does not as only air goes down! SO better talk than EAT!
Another way to realise that you feel all alone, is when you are surrounded by a million people (like it happens to me when I am in London!) but you do not know anyone and you feel all alone and that even increases the feeling of loneliness.... Also, if you start having negative cognitions and start thinking everything is going wrong and life is not treating you well, then maybe what you need is to overcome your illness....
So how do you resolve this loneliness factor??
In my opinion, the only way to do it is to open yourself to people, talk to them, interact with them and just care for them. In the gospel of John, Jesus tells his disciples to love each other as He has loved them. So love everyone as God loves us and then you cannot go wrong. Life is all about relationships. We can help the homeless, the hungry, the rebels, the prostitutes, the lost but just engaging with them and building relationships with them. Everyone deserves to be loved, and anyone can be loved by us!
Today at church the pastor asked: So what is your relationship with God? How is your relationship with God going ?? People can say GOOD as I read my bible and I pray.. BUT do you actually practice what the Bible teaches in your daily life?? That is the most essential thing about being in a relationship with God. Practising what he taught us in our daily lives. He is not there only to be remembered on a Sunday. He is there for us every day and we need to communicate with him everyday. We also need to please Him with our actions every day by loving other people as He loves us and also by loving our neighbours as ourselves.
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