Loneliness: I would say that is one word that comes to mind during the last two years.
Due to the restrictions and lock downs, it has kept people inside and without a lot of outside communication or visitation.
With a lot of people working from home as well, there has been a lot less face to face human interaction.
I know it has definitely impacted our seniors in a negative way. Things have started going back to what it was, but people are still leary of being around many people.
Only the people who work with the general public have been surrounded by people but even that has been through distance, curb side service and so on.
With the political portion added on to the medical health side of things, it has also created great division due to people’s views, beliefs, ideals, health, etc.
This has created an environment of isolation and essentially a loneliness that is truly a travesty, especially if you are someone who isn’t very tech savvy or lives on your own. There are a lot of people who do not have computers, tablets or smart phones and haven’t had video conferencing throughout this time. At least we have the technology at this time and we can see people and enjoy that much through video calls that aren’t breaking the bank.
Seeing the Freedom Convoy for me has given me a warm fuzzy feeling – and it has nothing to do with their mission, or vision or really anything to do with most of it – but it is the unity – unification – that the isolation barrier has been broken and people are standing together – the division on one side of things is dwindling and possibly on another side of things is building.
Questions to Ponder:
Have you felt or experienced a larger loneliness this past two years?
How have you managed with it?
What are you doing now to make changes to it?
Are things getting better?
