the cure for a disease
The biggest disease today is not tuberculosis or leprosy but the feeling of being unwanted. -Mother Teresa I came across this quote the other day. I can easily exchange the words tuberculosis and leprosy with cancer and heart disease and I think the quote will still ring true. I can also exchange the word, 'unwanted' with the feeling of loneliness or unloved and it will STILL ring true. Can this really be true today? The fact is, we all cling for attention. Isn't that what we do anyway, through our Facebook, Instagram and social media. We all just want someone to hear our voice so that we can feel wanted, accepted. Yet, in a time when we are more socially connected through digital media, most are still feeling unwanted, or lonely. Further more, is the feeling of being unwanted a disease? I think it can be. When I think of the underlying issues of most mental health conditions such...