Loneliness is a painful feeling, but the poet suggests how to fix it. After reading this poem, a reader shared his take on turning despair into happiness. Im retired now but am still working doing voluntary work with an Intellectually Disabled person and I also visit in an insane asylum. Many years ago in the 90s I had left work at 5pm on a Thursday evening and very depressed from the pressure of the work I traveled across the city to visit a unit in a psychiatric hospital in the west of our city and in this unit there were 25 patients mostly elderly. I would give each person some fruit, sweets and a cigarette and I would chat to most of them. However there were two who were my main reason for the visit and I would give these two the most time in my 1 hour visit. Coming towards the end of the visit I would go around each individual and shake their hand and say Good night and God bless and Ill see you in two weeks time, as I was just walking out the door one of my special two old ladys called me back and said hey fella I want to tell you something, (I paused thinking to myself that I was going to miss my bus) However, I went over & knelt down before her and asked her what did she want to say, and she said, that she loved me and that she would never forget me and would always remember me because I never forgot to come to see her. With the exception of a very old neighbor of hers I was the only other person in her life. She had a brother who lived far away in the country who barely got to see her once a year. The reason for my telling you my story is that as I said that I went in to that Unit depressed and after the Inspirational Chat with my patient I left that unit on a massive HIGH & skipped with delight along the road on my way to get my bus. Keep on living, and be an inspiration to others!
Posted on: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 13:00:00 +0000