The feeling of being alone or loneliness is one of the worst things we can feel. That leads me to my first quote of this post by Mother Teresa. She says “The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved.” I think that quote is pretty self explanatory. Sometimes being alone can be a good thing too. It depends situation to situation and person to person. On the flip side loneliness could be a good thing. This next quote is from one of my personal heroes Mandy Hale. She says “A season of loneliness and isolation is when the caterpillar gets its wings. Remember that next time you feel alone.” As I will say later on in this post, being alone is a good thing because it really teaches you about yourself and you learn how to grow on your own.
We could be one of the happiest people and be surrounded by lots of people, but we could still feel alone. The worst feeling is when you have so much to share, but then you realize that you have no one to share it with. That is what this post and poem is all about. That brings me to the following quote. Teal Swan says “In fact, the most painful kind of loneliness is the loneliness that persists, even in a crowded room.” It is like what I was saying before because we can be in a crowded room but we can still feel loneliness. This is a subject that I can go on and on about.
Just a heads up that this is an old poem so therefore it is an old situation I’ve been through. There are some days in which I do feel alone, but I feel like that is perfectly normal. I think when we are alone is when we get to know ourselves the best and it’s what makes us the strongest too. That leads me to another quote. This one is by Janet Fitch who says “Loneliness is the human condition. No one is ever going to fill that space. The best you can do is know yourself; know what you want.” She is basically saying that you should take the time to know yourself and what you want, especially in those moments in which you feel loneliness which is something we all experience at one point or another.
I know that this is a long post, but I am going to follow up with one last final quote which also serves as a reminder for us all.
Emma Xu says “If you are feeling lonely know that you’ll always have:
Books to nurture your soul
Hands to create and explore
Wind to calm your soul
Breathes to soothe your nerves
Nature to soak your worries away
Stars to decorate your dreams
So I hope that everyone can use the above quote to remind themselves that there are plenty of things around us and within ourselves even when we feel alone. I hope that everyone enjoys the following poem and remember that sometimes it is perfectly okay to feel alone. Cheers!!!!
When Loneliness Takes Over
Every day she puts on a brave smile,
But no one notices the loneliness she
Feels steeping into her bones late at
Night when there is no one else to talk
To. Every day it always the same cycle
Over and over again like a dishwasher
Or washing machine that will not stop
Running. No one realizes she misses
Someone who will hold her tight and
Keep the bad nightmares away. She
Laughs but no one is there to laugh
At her silly and corny jokes. No one
Is there to come home to and vent to
About her bad day at work. No one is
There to love and to have for the rest
Of her days. People come and go, but
No one stays long enough to ask if she
Is really okay, past all the smiles and
The tears she keeps trying to hold in.
Her loneliness is at the bottom of the
Glass as she is drinking away the pain
And sorrow she feels in the pit of her
Stomach. No one sees the loneliness
In her eyes that used to shine with so
Much brightness and hope. She never
Wanted to feel pity from others, just
Understanding that it a cold and lonely
World sometimes. She looks into the
Mirror and I look right back at her.