Lonliness

"It is easy to think of the poverty far away and forget very quickly. Today a great disease is that feeling of terrible loneliness, the feeling of being unwanted, having forgotten what human joy is, what the human feeling is of being wanted or loved.  I think this is found in very well-to-do families also.

We may not have people hungry for a plate of rice or for a piece of bread in New York City, but there is a tremendous hunger and a tremendous feeling of unwantedness everywhere  And that is really a very great poverty."                                                                              ~Mother Teresa

When we think of doing good, we often think of material things or deeds that take a lot of time.  Sometimes the biggest things we do are the small things that tell someone they matter.   One of my favorite quotes says that we may not remember what a person did or said, but we will always remember how they made us feel.

A note, flower from you garden, a few homemade cookies, sharing something you found on sale or anything that tells someone that you took a minute to think about them can change someone's day or maybe even their life.

Do something today to relieve the loneliness of someone around you and  remember, it may even be a family member!