Rainy Summer Weather

I hear ‘dentist’ is a common anxiety. Reading over my post about the dentist, I am surprised and curious about the intensity of emotions that this experience is raising.

‘Loneliness’ is certainly an emotion that is asking to be held. My close friends circle fell away ten years ago and I’ve made the best of it with gratitude and a can-do spirit. The friends I have left keep in touch with occasional contact, and I am always grateful to hear from them.

I’ve been proud of myself for learning to do without happy gatherings and for accepting I don’t have the lifelong friends I had always dreamed of having. But way deep down in there, I am clearly hurting. I wonder what it would take to make real friends at this season in my life.

A few days of rain has rolled in. I’m celebrating with hot tea and cozy socks. Maybe a few days of nourishing will open new insights to healing this lonely emotion.

You never know.