Those of us living in one day at a time recovery understand there are times life is a lonely mess. We have heard it said that at times we were sitting in a room with hundreds of people but felt alone. This is a bit of a lonely mess. Usually, during these times, a good dose of empathy from another person helps to let us feel heard. It might even help us to navigate our way through the lonely mess we feel we are in. More often than not an empathetic ear will validate our feelings and we might not feel quite so alone because of this. Our reality becomes somebody does care and this loneliness will pass. Regardless of how we feel we realize we are hard-wired for struggle. We are receiving the gift of being a human being living. We might be a bit of a lonely mess but we’ll be okay. Peace.
