A CHAMPION'S GUIDE TO XI COMMON PROBLEMS
Written by Leonardo Delizo, PhD, MSBA
PART III HOW TO DEAL LONELINESS
1. Resources. Look for unexplored resources within yourself. There are many which have not yet been discovered and which will make you more interesting to yourself.
2. Company. Have you ever thought of yourself as good company, someone you can enjoy being with? Many people find that they can have a good time with themselves.
3. Interesting. Fill your mind full of interesting thoughts, do interesting things, read interesting books, become interested in what goes on the world.
4. Forget. The lonely person intensifies loneliness by becoming obsessed with himself or herself. One of life’s greatest skills is that of forgetting one’s self.
5. Fun. Be a fun sort of person. Laugh a good deal of the time. Develop an acute ability to see and appreciate the humorous side of everything. The more fun you are, the less lonely you are bound to be, for people like fun persons.
6. Plenty. A lonely life can be barren and therefore unhappy. The counteractive secret is in the word plentiful. Have plenty of activity, plenty of interests, plenty of new experiences. Fill your mind and your life full of plenty.
7. Program. Have a plan for every day. Do something interesting, something different. Go a lot of places, see a lot of things, try to get acquainted with many people.
8. Look. All around you everywhere are lonely people. Look for them and you will find them. Since you have been lonely yourself, you will be better able to recognize them.
9. Do. Try to relieve the loneliness of others. Nobody is going to stay lonely very long who does things for people. The more you do to make life less lonely and unhappy for individuals the less lonely and unhappy your life will become.
10. Companionship. Actually, no one ever needs to be alone. Even on a desert island in the midst of the sea, you are not alone ----Someone is with you. Cultivate the companionship of the Great Friend.
Source: Norman Vincent Peale
Written by Leonardo Delizo, PhD, MSBA
PART III HOW TO DEAL LONELINESS
1. Resources. Look for unexplored resources within yourself. There are many which have not yet been discovered and which will make you more interesting to yourself.
2. Company. Have you ever thought of yourself as good company, someone you can enjoy being with? Many people find that they can have a good time with themselves.
3. Interesting. Fill your mind full of interesting thoughts, do interesting things, read interesting books, become interested in what goes on the world.
4. Forget. The lonely person intensifies loneliness by becoming obsessed with himself or herself. One of life’s greatest skills is that of forgetting one’s self.
5. Fun. Be a fun sort of person. Laugh a good deal of the time. Develop an acute ability to see and appreciate the humorous side of everything. The more fun you are, the less lonely you are bound to be, for people like fun persons.
6. Plenty. A lonely life can be barren and therefore unhappy. The counteractive secret is in the word plentiful. Have plenty of activity, plenty of interests, plenty of new experiences. Fill your mind and your life full of plenty.
7. Program. Have a plan for every day. Do something interesting, something different. Go a lot of places, see a lot of things, try to get acquainted with many people.
8. Look. All around you everywhere are lonely people. Look for them and you will find them. Since you have been lonely yourself, you will be better able to recognize them.
9. Do. Try to relieve the loneliness of others. Nobody is going to stay lonely very long who does things for people. The more you do to make life less lonely and unhappy for individuals the less lonely and unhappy your life will become.
10. Companionship. Actually, no one ever needs to be alone. Even on a desert island in the midst of the sea, you are not alone ----Someone is with you. Cultivate the companionship of the Great Friend.
Source: Norman Vincent Peale
