Often we are tempted to give up the struggle, be it the practice of meditating or simply the struggle for life. It is good, therefore, to be reminded of what one of the tramps says in Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot: ‘I can’t go on. I must go on. I will go on.’ As Jesus said, ‘No one, having put their hand to the plough and looking back, will enter the kingdom of God.’ We must forge ahead. Commitment is everything.
Month: April 2025
Alone
In the UK some seven million people live alone, and of these approximately five million, aged seventy and over, report that they have only the television for company. As Mother Teresa of Calcutta wrote, ‘I know the greatest suffering in the world is being lonely, feeling unloved, just having no one. I have come more and more to realise that being unwanted is the worst disease today that any human being can experience.’
Each of us can make an effort to reach out to those in our neighbourhood who live alone, especially the elderly. The small book TOGETHER was produced by members of our meditation group and shows the value of people coming together in groups to share their stories and experiences.
