It is not that we are alone, in fact, there are many people with whom we spend our time in life, and yet, sometimes a sense of loneliness sets in. It often makes us wonder why we are feeling that way, especially when so many relationships are in place in our life. When we sit back and reflect, we will realise that not only is it natural to sometimes feel that way, it happens to most people.

As our responsibilities increase and others look up to us for decisions and direction, we suddenly realise that working in a team under someone’s guidance is very different from being the guide others depend on. Sometimes it gets lonely when we have to lead.

Not everyone understands some aspects of our thinking, and often our deepest thoughts remain unshared. It gets lonely when we feel strongly and live with conviction that we cannot easily share with others.

With time, not only do we grow in age, we grow internally as well. There comes a point when in spite of having everything, we find something missing. When we start the quest for fulfilling the happiness within, we may well find ourselves on a journey that we need to take by ourselves. It gets lonely when people close to us don’t understand our journey.

There are few people with whom we share a wavelength that allows us to share our deepest thoughts and discuss our fears and aspirations. When they are no longer in our life it gets lonely not having that someone we so depended on.

But there is a message our loneliness brings us – we need to break our hesitation, become comfortable sharing our vulnerabilities, and become secure enough to share exactly what we are thinking.

And when we truly do that, we will find those few people who become part of our inner world, and we will discover a most beautiful aspect of life – there are many who love and care for us enough, we just need to trust ourselves enough to let them in. With them in our life, loneliness will find it difficult to set in.

(Picture – French side of Geneva )