MARCH 21 2026
Call it the Mandela Effect or whatever you want to call it. But when I was growing up and far into adulthood, seasons always, always, always started on the 21st. Spring was March 21st, summer June 21st, fall September 21st, winter December 21st. Now our calendars change it to whatever day the solstice falls on which changes from year to year. I still call today the 21st the 1st day of spring. I don't care when the solstice was. I know when spring started. Loneliness is a real feeling. It has power. Depression, sadness, sorrow, frustration, anger all these negative emotions. I've suffered from loneliness and depression and sadness and sorrow and anger and hopelessness, the worst of them all. Hopelessness that my life will always be miserable and never change. It will never get better. I've been divorced for decades now and have lived alone all that time, but today I don't feel lonely, I'm just alone. But as Jesus said, I'm never alone because he is always with me. The Father. He will never leave me and he will never forsake me. It took me a while after my divorce to accept living alone again and I have experienced periods of loneliness, but I can honestly say today I don't feel that way. I am happy living alone. I like doing my own thing whenever I want, whatever I want, with whoever I want which is mainly just by myself. I saw 10 people on my walk today. Only 1 said hello. People just grimace or frown and walk on by doing their best to act as if you're not there. I won't go into how this is so much different from the way I grew up and how people acted, but it's different. I think people, and all of them were younger than me, tend to fall into 2 categories these days. Either they're simply miserable or they are selfish, narcissistic, or lack empathy. Time after time after time when I run into strangers I try to imagine that there's some kindness left in them, but usually they demonstrate that they have very little inside them and therefore have none to give. It's just a sign of the times. Common courtesy is uncommon now. I will continue to live my life to the best of my ability and forgive those who sin against me. Maybe I'm not the only one who suffered from loneliness and depression when I was younger. There was a time I didn't even like being around people. I don't mind being around people now, but I only go around people who I want to be around. Thankfully, I'm retired and don't have to spend all week with people I'd rather not be around. One of the benefits of getting older. The love of the many has grown into hate, but one day soon the earth will be flooded with the love of God and then all that misery and loneliness will be dispelled from mankind. Enjoy the spring showers that bring May flowers.
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