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Q & A:
Feeling Lost from the Inside
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I
am a 28 year old woman, single and lonely, not because I have no one
close in this country, but because I feel so lost from the inside. I am
a hard working lady who takes care of her family back home in Zimbabwe
and I am working all the time. I have friends but I don’t get time to
see them as I work all the time. I hurt the people that love me, and the
decisions I make in life about other people end up hurting me a lot. I
feel sorry for myself and all I am asking for is to understand myself
and maybe stop hurting myself. On the outside, people think I am strong
but I know I am not. I have so many responsibilities that I need to keep
going. I have a family back home - parents and my daughter who is seven
years old. Sometimes I feel tired and want to give up, but how can I
because I still need to keep these people going that look up to me?
Help.
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Sibongile, England
As much as it is
possible to feel alone, it is equally impossible to be alone. For
knowingly or not - God is always with you. There is not a place or time
where God is not with you. Because of free will, you may choose to focus
on loneliness instead of God’s love for you, but understand that is a
choice you make; it is the perception of your reality - not your
reality.
When you mention to
me that “I feel so lost from the inside” - that statement in and of
itself brings a smile to my face because you may not know this but you
are much closer to achieving what you desire than you might currently
perceive. For loneliness is not the result of a perceived external
situation. In truth, loneliness has very little to do with the outside
world. You could be in the middle of a New York City street with a
thousand other people and feel completely alone. At the same time, you
can be sitting alone in prayer and meditation and still feel completely
connected to all of humanity.
So this is where we
will begin this journey. We will begin this journey within you. And you
might ask me how I may assist in this journey if I am not you, and I
would say that there is no difference between me and you, other than the
fact that I recognize my unity with our Creator and you are in the
process of remembering yours. I specifically use the verb remember,
because to remember means that you have known before. There will be
something within you that will recognize that what I am saying to you is
something you already know. For you and I are one and the same, and what
I know of myself I know of you. There is a sameness within all of us -
which is God. This sameness exists within me, within you, within all of
your brothers and sisters, between your enemies and friends, between
those you speak to everyday and those who you will never meet, between
those who are in the highest of positions and those who beg on their
knees. There is no difference in this sameness within us all. It is this
sameness which unites us. It is impossible for us to disconnect from
this sameness, but it is possible for us to focus on something else. And
this is what you are truly asking for now - to be reminded of your
connection to this sameness, to your connection to God within us all.
Once you remember this, you will never again feel alone. For feeling
alone is nothing more than a misperception, a fairy tale taught over and
over to you that you now perceive as real, that you now perceive as your
reality.
1. Make your
workplace your place of worship. If you “work all the time” find
ways to make your workplace sacred to you. Please note that I am not
saying to start preaching in these places, or to start talking about God
and His love for us to everyone, no. What I am saying is that there are
6 billion people on this planet, and for now God has put you in the
presence of the people who are in your workplace. This is His gift to
you; these people are His gift to you; and you are God’s gift to them.
You have come together to assist each other in remembering your
sameness, your unity, and once you do so you will no longer feel alone.
You will find yourself by allowing God to flow through you and into
them. The more you do this, the more you will feel connected to God and
connected to the sameness in them that is in you, and thus the less
alone you will feel. Offer God’s love, His kindness, forgiveness,
gratitude, gentleness, compassion and mercy to all of your brothers and
sisters, and you will feel these energies flowing through you and
throughout the day.
2. Align
yourself with God. If you feel that “I hurt the people that love me”
or that “decisions I make in life about other people end up hurting me a
lot” – then allow Him to talk through you, allow Him to make decisions
for you. Anytime you are speaking with a brother or sister, first
silently invite God in. Invite Him to speak for you. Respond to them in
the way you believe God would. When making decisions, again bring God in
and ask Him to make the decision for you. Feel within your heart and
soul what God’s decision would be if He were in your place – then do
that. For His will for you and your highest will for yourself are one.
What He wishes for you is what you truly wish for yourself. This
connection is what you desire. Allow Him to light the way for you until
you can carry the same torch yourself.
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