Don’t Let Loneliness Stop You

For years, all my life really, I have been afraid to go to a movie or out to eat alone. I’m not comfortable going anywhere alone really. Oh, I will go run errands by myself, but other than that I’ve pretty much relied on other people’s availability if I wanted to go to a restaurant or go                                                       to a movie theatre.

Today is the day that I will overcome that fear. I’m waiting for 7 o’clock to roll around. It’s only 3:30 so I have a while to go. This is a big step for me. I hadn’t planned it but I drove past the movie theatre on my way to work and saw that the movie I had been wanting to see is playing tonight.

I had wanted to go with some friends of mine, but they already went. My sister-in-law/best friend had also seen this movie a week or so ago. So, this is my opportunity to overcome this fear. I am excited in a way and nervous all at the same time. This may not be a big deal for you, but it is for me.

I have a daughter who isn’t afraid of anything, snakes and rats included, but is afraid of spiders. That is the only thing I am not afraid of. It’s like that. What may seem easy for you, is not for me, and vice versa.

So today I congratulate myself for doing so, after all these years, I have overcome! I still wouldn’t like to walk into a nice restaurant by myself and get a table for one, but baby steps first. I cannot allow other people’s schedules dictate my comings and goings.

I have freedom if I choose to, to enjoy life the way I would like to. Isn’t it sad that it took so long for me to get there? Nevertheless, I got there today. Why don’t we all try to push ourselves to do something we have never done? Life is full of other people’s stories of how they went parachuting for the first time, or rock climbing at 70 and 80 years old.

I am glad I didn’t miss this opportunity. Besides a good movie, it will also give me the satisfaction that I was able to change something in me that I wasn’t happy about. As I grow stronger, I will step out in new ways, and new directions. I am even writing my first e-book and am about to start writing a fictional novel. I was never a gifted writer or had the desire to be one. Through the encouragement of a friend, who believed in me, I am stepping out to a whole new world of possibilities. I will keep you updated in this blog and let you know how I am doing. If I can do it, you can too.

Be encouraged. You don’t have to be lonely in your aloneness. You can become your own BFF.

 

Be blessed,

Bobbi

 

Don’t Let Loneliness Stop You
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