26/01/2026
Loneliness sometimes isn’t a lack of people, but not being fully at home within ourselves.“Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter.” says Master Yoda.
So many of us feel lonely even when we’re surrounded by others, and that's not because we lack connection, but because we don’t yet feel fully at home within ourselves.
When the inner world feels unsafe or unsettled, we look outward to fill the silence. We ask relationships to steady us, to fix what only presence can heal.
This is why the Walk for Peace moves me so deeply.
Buddhist monks walking thousands of miles in silence as a living prayer for compassion, unity, and inner peace.
Each person grounded within.
Never lonely. Just deeply present.
Even a rescue dog, Aloka, walks alongside them and it's such a profound proof of the truth that connection doesn’t need words.
For me, this doesn’t conflict with Christianity, but rather it deepens it.
Because Christ also taught us to return inward.
To be still.
To make our home in love rather than fear.
Prayer is speaking to God.
Stillness is listening to God.
And peace grows when we learn to befriend ourselves in God’s presence.
When we become our own safe home first, relationships change, shift.
They become a sharing, rather than a fixing.
Loneliness fades when we learn to befriend ourselves. We can find our way to being at peace.
🕊️ And from that inner peace, more peaceful relationships grow.
