Three words that can change your day, your mindset and your outlook on life. Recently I shared with a friend this simple phrase “You Are Not Alone” and I was surprised at her reaction. I could tell by her response that these words had a huge impact on her mindset. Why is this?? Why do we often feel like we are all alone, even when we are surrounded by people?? I know the feeling of having someone in my corner, someone that I know I can call or count on when things just aren’t going well. The act of reaching out to our “person” or “people” just seems to wash away the darkness or at least allow a bit of light to shine on our situation. There have been times in my life when I was in the midst of a miserable situation, feeling like there was no hope for me and no hope for my situation. When I let myself stay in that dark place, things just spiraled downward… I felt worse about myself and my situation. The longer I kept the secret by believing I was hopeless, the longer I stayed in the darkness. In the last few years I have been on a journey, a journey of realizing that I don’t need to pretend everything is always ok. I have learned that it is ok, in those dark times to reach out to the people in my life that I love and trust. Sometimes it is a desperate plea, a request for prayers, or simply reaching out my hand and hoping that someone will hold it as I walk through whatever trial I may be walking through. “You Are Not Alone” this phrase and feeling can turn the darkness into light and the Black and White to Color!
