Hoarding moments alone like pearls

May 14, 2018 10:26 AM

No matter how much attention I got, the loneliness still
returned.

And I couldn’t take it anymore.

Because deep down, I knew there was a
whole life unlived by me. I knew that if I took a moment, I would find a beautiful
new world waiting for my participation.

And so, I forced myself to look at what
was blocking me from including and working with others in my life. Only to find
an outdated story. A calcified layer of thinking. A delusion that I could allow
myself not to need anyone, and not be needed by anyone.

Goldberg’s words echo
in my ear.

We can only get so far on our own, but eventually, we have
to join. It’s so true. No matter many powerful reasons we have for isolating,
life is a wilderness too fearsome to assail alone. And denying the reality of
our desire to be with others is simply not healthy.

It was time. I was finally
ready to give up my choice for loneliness and make contact with those around
me. Because god knows that brooding about my situation and stewing with my
feelings of isolation was only worsening my situation. God knows it does nobody
any good to labor alone and think about how steeply the odds are stacked
against them.

Point being, we shouldn’t congratulate ourselves for being willing
to go to great lengths to avoid unnecessary human contact. It’s not a badge of
honor, it’s an insult to our humanity.

Cameron said it best in her book about
the artist’s way.

A sense of
loneliness and isolation arises not because we lack relationships or
interactions with others, but because we lack that relationship with ourselves.

As usual, the battle starts within.

LET ME ASK YA THIS…

Are you finally ready to move from stagnation and isolation into expansion and cohesion?

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Scott Ginsberg

That Guy with the Nametag

Author. Speaker. Strategist. Inventor. Filmmaker. Publisher. Songwriter.

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www.nametagscott.com