Like, Link Or Lose

Contact and connection are keys to a life well lived.

It starts with self. It’s important not to lose connection with the person we are because the person we are is the person we must live with.

Far too much mental anguish is suffered when we are unable to recognise and understand aspects of our own personality.

If we cannot explain ourselves to ourselves then we have little hope of sustained and successful contact with the world around us.

Core to that is being kinder to the person we are…less judgemental, more loving.

Self criticism and self assessment are important because without them there can be no change. But they are a long way distant from self destruction and that distance should be maintained.

It’s important that we strive to be our own best friend because it can be altogether too easy to be our own worst enemy.

And once we have befriended the person inside it’s important to maintain connection with the people outside.

Survival is all about links; about building and maintaining networks ; about being a part of and not apart from the community and world in which we live.

Each and every person has a contribution to make. We all have a purpose for being.

Our world can be a better place but we must make the effort.