Hey peeps!
I hope you’re good.

I’ve been thinking about lonely peeps this week so I thought it would be a good subject to blog about because I believe we can do something about loneliness in our city……

Here goes….

Do we ever stop to think about the people around us?
The people we see in our everyday world that might be lonely and in need of a friend.

It’s easy for us to go through life only concerned about ourselves and our own needs and wants.
We can become very comfortable with our own circle of friends and never look out of that circle to see what’s going on in the lives of others…..
The truth is, we all want to be accepted by others and, we all need friendships.
Friends that care, support, understand, and encourage us, friends that we can talk to, and friends that we can turn to for help in times of need. It is so sad to think that some people don’t have any friends. This is not right! We are relational beings. We are not supposed to be lonely….
So why is Loneliness one of the greatest problems in our modern age?
Can we stop loneliness? I believe we can!

Okay, so let us get a better understanding about loneliness.
Loneliness is not the same as being alone. A lonely person can be in a crowded room full of people and still feel lonely. I’m pretty sure we have all felt lonely at some point in our lives……..I know I have and it wasn’t nice.
Loneliness can evoke feelings that 'everyone else' has friends, and that the lonely person is socially inadequate and socially unskilled. A lonely person may become convinced that there is something wrong with them, and that no one understands them. The person can then lose confidence and find it even harder to communicate with others for fear of social rejection.

Loneliness is NOT cool peeps! And we can do something about it by making an effort to talk to and meet new/different people in our everyday lives. We can be inclusive and include others in the things we are doing rather than being exclusive to just our friends and the people we know.

Challenge:

Do you only socialize with the popular peeps at your school and then ignore the unpopular peeps because their not cool enough?

Who are we to ignore a person because we don’t think their cool enough?

So I challenge you to think about the people you see in your everyday world that might be lonely.
I challenge you to talk to them and encourage them with a compliment…….say something nice and maybe hang out with them.

Let me know how you get on.

That’s it from me……See ya soon peeps!

Collesy ;0)

(Please note that this blog is not to encourage you to speak to strangers outside of school, but in school only)