Topic: Hope In Loneliness, Part 3 Of 5

To overcome loneliness we must be willing to see and be touched by the needs of others. We must be willing to see and be touched by others in ways making us forget about our own needs and fears. To overcome our loneliness requires us to stop looking into our life and start looking into the life of others to see their pain. After we start looking into the lives of others, and after we see how much they hurt and need someone to help them through their own darkness, we must have the courage to respond to them. When you look into the life of others you will see other people need you in most desperate ways. People need you to reach out to them this instant. For example, in every city and town of even modest size, there is a nursing home. Tragically, these nursing homes are filled with people who never have a visitor. There are nursing home residents who have no visitors even on their birthday. No visitors on Christmas or Easter. No visitors at any other time. Most nursing home residents are not only incredibly lonely, they are also ill or incapacitated. Nursing home residents need people who care about them. You don't need a fancy introduction to get acquainted. You don't even need a reason to stop in and see someone. These people hurt so bad from being lonely they don't care about the reason you are there. All most of these people need is someone to stop by and say hello.

These words were posted at one of Shepherd's Care Ministries Sites called Wisdom Moment. This site is located at:
http://www.shepherdscare.net/wisdomminute

Shepherd's Care Ministries Main Site located at:
http://www.shepherdscare.net/