ALONE IN THE LIGHT

 

 "We're born alone, 

we live alone, 

we die alone. 

Only through 

our love and friendship 

can we create the illusion 

for the moment that we're not alone."

- Orson Welles

from Perchance to Nightmare.

"I sometimes think loneliness kills more people 

than cancer."

- A Simple Favor

“That is part of the beauty of all literature. 

You discover that your longings 

are universal longings, 

that you're not lonely and isolated 

from anyone. 

You belong.” 

- F. Scott Fitzgerald

It is said that no person is an island unto themselves. That is not true.  

We are all islands unto ourselves.

Though we swim in a sea of humanity, we are isolated one from another. 

No one can truly know what thoughts churn in the skull of another.

Even if we speak the truest words we know, are we heard?   

There are filters of perception over the ears of everyone we meet ... even those who know us best.

Yet, we are a tribal species.  

We thrive through healthy relationships; 

shrivel without them.

Authenticity is the prime ingredient for healthy connecting to another.  

Social Media makes it too easy to edit, filter, pander to gossip, photo-shop the realness from our image.

And to make it all about ourselves.

If we want to be heard, we must first listen.  

To truly listen, we must care about the person in front of us.

We must give that time, that energy 

only to those who respect 

and cherish it back.

In being seen and loved for who they are, how they think, and how they feel, 

they learn it is okay to be who they are.  

And in reflecting that back to us, we learn the same thing.

I hope you have or had such a friend.

Tell me what you think 

of friendship.

We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.
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We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/orson_welles_142014?src=t_alone