Between 1999 and 2016, ruicide rates rose in every state by one and by more than 30% in half of all 50 states. We can curb that trend by being connected. Go to a Lifegroup weekly. A Lifegroup is a group of people who share their joys and sorrows together. They talk about what they’re going through and get support, encouragement, and prayer from others in the Lifegroup.
Connect with a family member at least once a week through phone, video chat, text, or in person visit.
Connect with a friend at least once a week through phone, video chat, text, or in person visit.
If someone rubs you the wrong way when you first meet them, take that as an opportunity for you to grow in your breadth of social adaptedness. Chances are, you will encounter another person who will rub you the wrong way just like this person if you don’t learn to interact with this person successfully. We are given lessons after lessons until we are no longer on this earth. If we don’t learn the first lesson, it will repeat itself until we learn it.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent, according to Eleanor Roosevelt. This means you can choose to be made feeling inferior or not. This also means you can choose to be a victim of circumstance or not.
The collective wisdom trumps individual intelligence. 400,000 smart people will not be able to get us to the moon unless they work together as a team.
Two is better than one plus one. We all need someone we can count on. If you don’t have that someone, then cultivate the relationship until you have that someone or until you have close friends. Work on the relationship as if your life depends on it because your life does depend on it. The single most predictive factor of one’s longevity is not healthy or wealth, IQ or genes, but positive, life-giving relationships, according to the decade old Harvard study. Single people need not fret. They can have positive, life-giving relationship with close confidants and live long, healthy lives.