Everyone wants to feel needed. We all have the desire to be appreciated and excepted.
When things happen in our family and we all want to help, it doesn't always work out.
So many of us want to lead but few want to follow.
I enjoy doing behind the scenes things to make it all come together nicely. I don't want to be front and center of attention. I don't want credit for anything just like to be helpful.
Some may not feel worthy to help or participate. Others may not feel wanted to join in.
But we ALL have the desire to be accepted. No one wants to be alone and never needed.
Community is a basic human need. We need connection with others for emotional and mental support.
To be isolated from everyone and to never have eye contact or friendship is depressing.
So when we realize how lonely it can be and how it makes us feel we should consider that there are others out there who feel the same way.
Instead of being critical and competitive why don't we encourage each other.
Befriend mom at the library who looks exhausted with a toddler.
Start a conversation with a new mom in the line and the grocery store.
Everyone needs that human connection. The brain actually releases dopamine when we make eye contact with other. It really does make us feel important to see others care.
So make someone's day today and smile at the cashier. Talk to the lonely mother at the park.
Don't every ASSUME that people are ok. Looks can be deceiving. I have battle some depression and one way I try to cover it up and cheer myself up is by putting on make up. It might look like I'm ok but inside I might be sad, lonely, depressed or worse.
Be Kind to the Unkind people, they need it the MOST!
