Pull Back the Curtains

As I pull back the curtains open and raise the windows of my sanctuary. I hear the nearly deafening sound of nothing through the windowpanes. Only the muted sounds of my wife’s tv bleeding through the walls. At least giving me the comfort that I’m not going deaf. Then the ping of a text came through my phone. Hoping it was my one true love, I discovered it was only my pharmacist reminding me I needed a refill.
 
So many small disappointments can add up to a disappointing day, can’t they? We wait and we wait for a message or a call, only to be left in the dark once again. After stopping for a moment to count my pills and stir my witches brew. My son comes in to inform me of how the basketball tournaments are going. Sadly this will probably be our only meaningful conversation of the day. Finishing off my spell casting by chewing down my gummies, other than that meaningful exchange. Will there be another conversation in my day?
 
We sometimes slip into worlds of isolation without even trying. Maybe a problem comes up we don’t want anyone else to know about. Or maybe you don’t want to unnecessarily worry a loved one about a spot the doctor found. There are many a reason we don’t speak, some of them prideful, others shameful. But living in silence often leaves the mind spiraling in an unnecessary loop of fear and destruction. Maybe it’s time to call someone out of the blue and tell them how you feel. To tell them that everything’s not okay. Instead we wait on a phone call that never comes. Till we sink deeper into a pit of isolation, we cannot dig ourselves out of alone.   
 
#YourNotAlone #Trust #Honesty #Fear #Freedom