I have had a very rough 2 years. The worst of my life. I'm in my late 30s. 2009 was also a very difficult year. The summer of 2004 was the first truly difficult

I have had a very rough 2 years. The worst of my life. I'm in my late 30s. 2009 was also a very difficult year. The summer of 2004 was the first truly difficult time of my adult life. The main thing all of these have in common is that I was cut off in a significant way from friends and family. One of the defining characteristics of humanity is that we need love. We need love like trees need the sun. We need to know that when everything else in the world is going to shit, someone is there to hold us and tell us that they'll never leave us. And you need as many of these people in your life as possible. Everyone around you needs this. Most of them don't get enough of it. Find the people around you who are interested in giving that to you, and receiving it from you. And spend as much time as possible with them.