I am not alone and you are not alone

They are many times in life that I have felt alone. Alone in my thinking, physically alone and detached from another human being. It took me some time to realize that you are truly never alone. The divine surrounds and is within us and all around us. This amazing power is reflected in the best of way in our circle of friends.

Being on a different coast from one of my closest friends is most challenging to our friendship. We are both mothers of three and we are three hours apart, so when my day is ending her children are now coming home. This makes connecting with her very interesting. However, I know that she is thinking of me as I am of her. I know this because sometimes as I lay there thinking of her, my phone would ring and its her, likewise when I call she says I was just thinking of you. I have another friend who recently when I was experience some diffculity said to me on Monday morning, I was thinking of you all weekend. That meant that she was with me in spirit even thought we were not together. I am sure this has happened in your life as well. As a matter of fact, I am thinking about all of my friends. I am thinking about all of humanity. My fear are yours, my guilt are yours, my challenges are yours, or will soon become yours, my mercy, my forgiveness, my kindness, my humility, happiness and my love are yours. I say this with absolute certainty that we are all connected. I know this because in my lifetime, I have yet to express a fear or concern that has been original.

Knowing that your friend, mother, sister, or a soul you have not yet met understand you and your fears, you hopes and desires gives true comfort. When someone says to you I know how you feel please do not discount that. They probably truly know how you feel, we feel the same things. I know what it feels like when my girlfriends are tired, lonely, afraid to decide, unsure of what do next, overwhelmed, worried about their health, their children, etc. Not necessarily because I have gone through all of those emotions, although I have, but more so because I share their burden. When someone says I feel for you it takes it beyond just understanding what you are going through. Its a powerful moment when some feels what you feel. And sometimes in these situations there are no words need. Times like these provides us with a chance to express true humility, in realizing that we are not alone. We are all part of the greater whole. When one suffers we all suffer. In households, in extended families, in countries and in our universe.

Share yourself today, call your friend that might be experiencing a hard time and let her know that you more than understand what she is going through, you FEEL for her, and that she is not alone.