Simple love: sorry to be so cheesy, or overly sentimental but sometimes love is simple. This girl touched my heart last night.

 Saw a girl last night who exuded such loneliness. Immediately, I asked her how was her night, and if she needed anything. Because I didn’t know her, i didn’t hug her, but she needed that type of care. A pure father hug. Sometimes people just need to be seen in their days. Noticed. To know their stories matter.

Lonely people usually mostly need a real father or mother hug (something which doesn’t take from, or need anything from, but gives to “from internal abundance”), a listening ear. or to be acknowledged by someone—a gift of purity and care.

 So many lonely people in our midst. Just wanting to be tuned into as people at the end of the day. Can we do at least this for one another! It’s basic to care about one another’s days.

 I think of Mother Teresa’s story of the fellow who had been isolated all his life because of disease, and at the end, got welcomed into their community, and said “for the first time I feel family. Now, I’m ok with dying.” People need to feel apart of something and cared for, seen—it’s basic and simple love.

  Lonely people make me want to be pure in loving others. To just be present for them, and caring. Less concerned with my needs, and more with theirs. Once we know we are loved in our own heart bones, it’s something we can give others. Once we know we belong and are beloved, fully accepted and seen, we can offer that simple, but essential, gift to others.

 I never struggled much with loneliness. I did with depression. But I know that many people globally feel lonely, isolated, cut off from care and community. We can do small daily things to prevent that. And it’s free. We invest only our presence, a bit of awareness, and some simple love. Simple love saves lives.

 As I moved on in my night, i could sense that this girl may be considering taking her own life. There’s absolutely no reason for that. Just holding a door for, and listening to someone can prevent it, on any given day. Trying to practice simple love each day, anyway.