30% of Americans aged 18 to 34 say they are lonely every day or several times a week.
Single adults are twice as likely as married adults to say they have been lonely on a weekly basis.
Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer.
Is there a co-worker, neighbor or church member whom you could reach out to? There are so many lonely people looking for friendship and you can be the one who initiates it.
What is the worst thing that could happen? You invite someone for coffee and they say, “no thank you.” It is their loss.
Go on to the next person. Eventually someone will gladly take you up on your offer. Yes it takes a certain amount of courage but look at it this way.
You are the one doing the good deed. You are the person reaching out. You are solving your loneliness issue by enriching your circle of people who want to spend time together.
You won’t regret it.
My wife was standing in the line at the meat counter in our grocery store. She heard a woman saying she was buying meat for herself because she would be alone during the holidays.
My wife introduced herself and asked the woman if she would like to join us on Christmas Eve.
The woman said, “I am Jewish but I would love to come.” She came and was delightful. She brought a large box of candy which endeared her to everyone! She invited my wife out to lunch later that month and she became a friend.
Try it. More than once if you need to. Within no time you will have new friends of your choosing and people to add to your circle of life.
Loneliness goodbye!
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