Guest guest Posted February 10, 2011 Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 > > I don't think anyone was saying that, and I know I > specifically said " that isn't to say one shouldn't take > action " > > I think he was more eluding to what Russ said, that there are > millions of people out there who do have friends/spouses, etc, > and still feel lonely...and that if you feel like you " need " > these things to feel happy, or you " should " have them when you > don't, it will obviously cause emotional distress when it's > not there. I apologize for what might have seemed an overly critical tone in my replies to both and you on this thread about loneliness. My goal was to draw out and enlarge the conversation to bring out some points that seemed to me to be missing. Whether they really were missing or I just imagined it isn't that important to me; conversation is always an imprecise art & especially when done remotely, via electronic messages that sometimes remind me of the old metaphor of messages in bottles set adrift by shipwrecked sailors yearning for rescue. In our case we yearn for understanding. I'll just say that Russ 's post capped the thread beautifully for me by making some clear & useful connections between (a) different sorts of reasons we may feel lonely, and ( different sorts of things we can do in response. I've saved a copy of his post to remind me of the possibilities. - R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 10, 2011 Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 Russ did capture it right And no need to apologize best vc > > > > I don't think anyone was saying that, and I know I > > specifically said " that isn't to say one shouldn't take > > action " > > > > I think he was more eluding to what Russ said, that there are > > millions of people out there who do have friends/spouses, etc, > > and still feel lonely...and that if you feel like you " need " > > these things to feel happy, or you " should " have them when you > > don't, it will obviously cause emotional distress when it's > > not there. > > I apologize for what might have seemed an overly critical tone in > my replies to both and you on this thread about loneliness. > > My goal was to draw out and enlarge the conversation to bring out > some points that seemed to me to be missing. Whether they really > were missing or I just imagined it isn't that important to me; > conversation is always an imprecise art & especially when done > remotely, via electronic messages that sometimes remind me of the > old metaphor of messages in bottles set adrift by shipwrecked > sailors yearning for rescue. In our case we yearn for > understanding. > > I'll just say that Russ 's post capped the thread beautifully > for me by making some clear & useful connections between (a) > different sorts of reasons we may feel lonely, and ( different > sorts of things we can do in response. I've saved a copy of his > post to remind me of the possibilities. > > - R. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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