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If You’re Feeling Alone, You’re Never As Alone As You Might Fear
Feeling alone is unpleasant — but what if you’re never truly alone?
You are never alone. Why? Because you always have yourself.
Ok, before you quit reading, let me further explain. Whether you engage it consciously or not, you have an inner dialogue. Consciously or subconsciously, it’s running in the background of your life, no matter what you’re doing.
Inside your subconscious mind are numerous beliefs, values, and habits. Some have been there more or less all your life. Others have been formed and created by your environment, life experiences, education, associations, and whatever else you’ve been exposed to or engaged with.
Most of the time, it just is. Your subconscious is just that — subconscious and passive. It’s akin to the OS on your phone, tablet, or computer. Similarly, you can only engage it when you actively, consciously do so.
When you choose to look into and engage your subconscious, you’re likely to find the source of most of what makes you feel lonely. Because despite the many messages that loneliness and alone are products of the world outside of you — they originate within you.
