Volunteering at a mission tomorrow

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Rather than be alone the fourth year in a row, I am serving dinner at a local church here tomorrow. Really thought I'd have a girlfriend this year. Maybe I'll meet her for the first time there.

Yeah right...

Didn't mean to sound bitter...but I am!

when we are feeling bereft of companionship, it is a signal from the universe that we are to remember that there are others also feeling alone in the world, and if we are not the ones to provide friendship, then who?

A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?
Albert Einstein

Cultivate solitude and quiet and a few sincere friends, rather than mob merriment, noise and thousands of nodding acquaintances.
William Powell

I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.
Albert Einstein

Language... has created the word "loneliness" to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word "solitude" to express the glory of being alone.
Paul Tillich

Cheers to sharing solitude gentlemen!

I hope it goes well, and you never know who you might meet!

Is tomorrow a special day of some kind?

It's Thanksgiving.

Ah, right. Thanks.

I'm Scottish, so didn't know.

I think volunteering sounds like a great way to meet someone with shared values. It might not happen tomorrow, in just one day, but maybe you could consider keeping it up beyond tomorrow, maybe once a week or so? Maybe try various places in the community to volunteer? I bet eventually you might meet a girlfriend or at least a friend, if you stick with it long enough.

Plus, as someone who works for a nonprofit, I'm sure your work will be appreciated and you'll feel good about what you're doing. Sure beats devoting that same energy trying to pick someone up at a bar or something.

Oh, I did that last part later.

Just remember that whatever you do, do it for yourself, because you want to, because it is right, and don't let some fictive female you may never meet control your life and the actions you make. Be content with who you are, and find happiness you can sustain yourself, one that is not reliant on others.

Since I quit dating, quit looking for women, I've become more productive in my pursuits, and more content than I think I have ever before. I see so many who date, and either they marry and become utterly dull twits, or they wind up in a miserable relationship. Either way, love and happiness based on others will inevitably lead to pain and heartache, so avoid it now. Find your calling, be it mission work, or what ever you love to do. That way if a girl just cross paths with you, you are already happy and able to receive her, and if she never comes you way (which I believe, and will readily admit, is more than likely), you will still be happy and content.