Loneliness

There is a house I drive by each morning with 2 rocking chairs on the front porch. I first noticed the chairs because they were tipped over every time I drove by in the winter months. I remember thinking how smart to tip them instead of allowing them to become snowed on. As spring sprung I noticed each day one of the chairs would be tipped up and the other still down. As the months and seasons have continued to progress I have found myself looking each morning hoping to see the second chair tipped up and both chairs looking as if they had been enjoyed together.

As I reflect on the chair and the topic of loneliness, I feel a pit of sadness and fear in my stomach as I assume many of us do. I think we have all felt alone either during times of solitude or even in a crowd of people. As an international society we are increasingly reporting high amounts of loneliness. So what do we do about it?

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