You may never know the silent sadness someone carries
Hidden beneath a painted smile
You may never sense the heartbreak someone endured
As they surrendered to each difficult trial
And struggled to stay upright
Travelling every tangled mile
Of life’s rollercoaster highway
They say that loneliness and isolation
Will become the silent deadly killers
Of this disconnected age
As mankind pursues false values
Denying the mistakes and errors we have made
That have bought us to this stage
Where so many find themselves alone
Carrying everything quietly
With no witness
And somedays the pressure of that distance
Between us becomes a deadly weight
That feels like it will crush us
Leading to an illness that manifests
Under the cover of skin
Giving expression
To a soul’s hidden suffering
No one recognised or understood
To a loneliness
Buried deep in the heart of someone
That never found its voice
Or way to the surface
Emerging From The Dark Night 
Deb,
You could not be more right on, sadly.
This age of uber-networking leaves so many people feeling even more isolated. It’s why I subscribe to a diet as per my social media intake. Because it feels like an ocean otherwise, and you can easily drown. Sorry to sound so melodramatic, but those are my tame thoughts on the subject, lol.
Peace and love to you
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The Australia Day address was given by social researcher and author Hugh MacKay today and he addressed just this issue. He spoke of direct community and neighbourhood interaction as so necessary as an antidote. There is an eoidemic of loneliness out there and technology increases it. So you are IN NO WAY being melodramatic. I wrote this in response and also because the family that live in my home never even reachout at all even though I try and lately it makes me feel.like I am on fire. I just dont understand the self centredness.it pays to be very balanced in use if social media and technology. 🤗
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You’re right. I think it first hit me when I started blogging back in the day. I was networking and writing like mad and so immersed in the process, and then BOOM! One night I just went off the skids. It happened a few more times after that before I realized that I was pushing my introverted personality into something that really didn’t come as naturally as it appeared. So ever since, I’ve drawn back. Found the ‘happy medium’, so to speak.
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Its a balancung act isnt it Marc. I set mysekf a limit. I rarely log into my computer before Ive got out and touched base with nature or walked Jasper these days. I still have to watch myself especially at night. Our bodies tell us pretty fast though when we overdo it.
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It really is.
And yes, I do the same thing. Diligence is the key to staying even for me. Sticking to the habits that work, you know?
Nights can be tough if sleep doesn’t come right away. It’s so easy for me to get wrapped up in reading or watching YouTube (NOT ideal when you’re trying to sleep).
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I couldn’t reply further to this last night Marc though I wanted too it was late and I had to get to sleep.
Like you I listen to you tube videos in bed at night and I have my favourite tunes that settle me to sleep or awaken my imagination and dreaming, but often it takes me at least an hour or more to get off to sleep.
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Sending you positive vibes Deb.
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You too dear friend. 💞
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you would think in this technological age, no one would be lonely, but I think, sometimes, technology can make things even worse. xox
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It does but we can always grow in awareness. Socoal isolation is a killer. A social researcher Hugh MacKay gave an Australia Day speech on the issue yesterday. It inspired this poem. Im going to.put s link to it on my site later on.
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