Connect

How Connecting Helps Everyone It can be so easy to get lost in our own world. We can be so focused on our problems and issues that we can feel isolated and alone in a crowded room. The problem is, even when we aren’t really alone, we get lost in the darkness and can’t find our way out. We forget that as humans we need connections to survive in the world. We need to be heard, seen, and touched throughout the day, even if we are introverted. It is part of our DNA and makes us feel whole, loved, appreciated, and a part of something bigger. We often get into a victim mentality or sink so low that we can’t find our way out of the problems and issues that we are facing that we can bring those around us down as well, and often see people leave us and don’t know why. So what can be done to remedy this mindset? CONNECT!!! I find that when I take the microscope off of me; my life, my setbacks, and my issues and turn them into reaching out and helping others, I forget my problems and find peace, joy and happiness. I find that making connections with others through texting, calling, video chatting or hanging out places my focus and attention on them which, in turn, gets reciprocated back to me and it becomes a win-win situation. We weren’t meant to go through life alone. We all need to feel loved and heard, but sometimes we need to be the one who reaches out first. When we value someone else’s life, we find our value. As humans we are meant to live in community, not alone and isolated. So if you are struggling now and feel alone, make a connection with someone. When you do, you will be able to step out of your darkness, become the light for someone else, and find you’re not alone after all. Mind over matter, because mindset DOES matter. This week I want you to connect with someone. Find someone you know is having a rough time, like you. Or someone you haven’t talked with in a while. Check in on them, and let them know you were thinking of them. Maybe a neighbor could use a visit. Or a relative needs to hear your voice over the phone. Maybe a friend, who appears to have it all together, is struggling but won’t reach out (because they, too, feel alone). Who ever you choose to connect with, be as close as you can, meaning if you can physically visit them and give them a hug, DO IT! But if not be engaged in a conversation with them. Be an active listener, drop everything you are doing and be present. Give them all of you for that time you have together. Everyone wants to feel valued, heard, and loved. That starts with YOU! When you connect with someone, you will notice a shift in your own mindset and heart. You’ll get out of your own way and begin to see your life through a positive lense. Life isn’t easy, that’s for sure, but remember, you are not the only one who is struggling right now. Rise up and be that connection for someone and feel it reverberate back to you. Get out and connect and have a blessed week! And as always, Be Healthy, Be Happy, Be YOU!!! Much love,