If you’ve never read Robert Bly’s work, you really should. He is one of the more contemporary writers that you will see me quote because his message is so compelling. One of his greatest quotes was, “The beginning of love is the horror of emptiness.” 

You simply need to look into the emptiness and loneliness of being alone to surrender to the fact that we were never meant to be alone. We were meant to find connection; to reach out to others. Pride, past hurts and a host of other negative emotions and reactions often get in the way but we all need each other. We need loving relationships.

Unfortunately,
you don’t have to go far to find lonely people. There are 7 billion people in the world and so many are lonely? In Southern California, there isn’t anymore land to build on yet half the population is popping Prozac. Why? Because we haven’t learned the secret  Not the law of attraction “Secret” but the secret that if you open yourself up to others, they will fill your emptiness and you theirs. It's that simple.

The beginning of love is the realization that without loving another, our lives are empty.  Don’t live an empty life, make a connection. Reach out. Abolish the horror of loneliness from your life and experience the joy of love.