Posted on Aug 24, 2020
Healing Through Faith with Warriors for Life (WFL) & Host Steve McFarland - "Feeling Isolated?"
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https://www.victoryforveterans.org/post/healing-through-faith-with-warriors-for-life-wfl-host-steve-mcfarland-feeling-isolated
Come join Veteran SGT Steve McFarland TONIGHT for "Healing Through Faith" addition of Warriors for Life (WFL) Virtual Group Support Community Services.
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TONIGHT's Topic: "Feeling Isolated?"
Regardless of what you believe about COVID-19, it is an undeniable fact that it has turned our world upside-down. "A few weeks" has turned into several months, and "social-distancing" has morphed into social-isolation for many people. There are quite a few people in my church whom I haven't seen in several months, not because they have gone north for the summer, but because they are almost afraid of their own shadow. They are afraid to do their own grocery-shopping, and if they want food from a restaurant, they will pay extra for someone to bring it to them.
Yes, I get it, because I have friends who have chronic health-issues that could turn deadly if they were exposed to CV-19. One lady's asthma is so bad that one whiff of another lady's perfume triggered an asthma attack that put her in the hospital for a week. They HAVE to stay home and stay safe because their life DOES depend on it, but what about the people who are just afraid of their own shadow?
One of the unintended-consequences of this "lock-down" and "social-distancing" is social-isolation, which goes against to core of who and what we are as human-beings. Is it any wonder that there has been a spike in deaths by suicide? God intended us to be part of a community, not to be hermits.
"It Is Not Good For The Man To Be Alone"
Warriors for Life "Healing Through Faith" – Tuesday (TONIGHT), 25 August 2020 at 4:30 PM PT, 5:30 PM MT, 6:30 PM CT, and 7:30 PM ET
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Veteran SGT Steve McFarland will be the Host TONIGHT and is inviting you to a RingCentral meeting.
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Thanks,
Steve McFarland
"Healing Through Faith!"
Come join Veteran SGT Steve McFarland TONIGHT for "Healing Through Faith" addition of Warriors for Life (WFL) Virtual Group Support Community Services.
Invite a Friend, tell a friend, and share with your friends!
Get connected with Veterans, Service Members, First Responders, and Caretakers every Tuesday!
TONIGHT's Topic: "Feeling Isolated?"
Regardless of what you believe about COVID-19, it is an undeniable fact that it has turned our world upside-down. "A few weeks" has turned into several months, and "social-distancing" has morphed into social-isolation for many people. There are quite a few people in my church whom I haven't seen in several months, not because they have gone north for the summer, but because they are almost afraid of their own shadow. They are afraid to do their own grocery-shopping, and if they want food from a restaurant, they will pay extra for someone to bring it to them.
Yes, I get it, because I have friends who have chronic health-issues that could turn deadly if they were exposed to CV-19. One lady's asthma is so bad that one whiff of another lady's perfume triggered an asthma attack that put her in the hospital for a week. They HAVE to stay home and stay safe because their life DOES depend on it, but what about the people who are just afraid of their own shadow?
One of the unintended-consequences of this "lock-down" and "social-distancing" is social-isolation, which goes against to core of who and what we are as human-beings. Is it any wonder that there has been a spike in deaths by suicide? God intended us to be part of a community, not to be hermits.
"It Is Not Good For The Man To Be Alone"
Warriors for Life "Healing Through Faith" – Tuesday (TONIGHT), 25 August 2020 at 4:30 PM PT, 5:30 PM MT, 6:30 PM CT, and 7:30 PM ET
Dial in 5-10 minutes early to test your communications!
Veteran SGT Steve McFarland will be the Host TONIGHT and is inviting you to a RingCentral meeting.
Join from PC, Mac, iOS or Android: https://meetings.ringcentral.com/j/ [login to see]
Or iPhone one-tap (US Toll):
+ [login to see] ,, [login to see] #
Or Telephone: Dial:
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Thanks,
Steve McFarland
"Healing Through Faith!"
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Isolation has increased many fold since COVID19. It's important to find ways to deal with it that are productive and useful. We should be physically distancing and socially connecting
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Feeling isolated is definitely not a good space to be in and I say this from personal experience. One can make mistakes he or she regrets later and by then it is simply too late.
Two years ago I joined a Golfing Gang here in India. On my very first outing my opponent cried foul and it evolved into a WhatsApp chatter labeled "Twig the hain gallan", which means the talk of twigs. I was cast out of the group as the instigator of the "Twigs Episode". I was isolated and forced to play golf alone for a couple of months. As a carrot dangling before me, this notorious gang would offer me a game or so in their tournaments. Later I found out that they dangled the carrot and invited me just for the money. I was alone and no one to play with. The BGS New Delhi Chapter was almost defunct and the AGA India Chapter became defunct in 2010. This space is not a good space to be in, because you find yourself cursing yourself and others, but you don't enjoy the sport or the adventure.
I overcame this loneliness and feeling of rejection by concentrating on my game of golf. I focused on lowering my handicap from 18 to 15 down to 12 and 10. I chose to play with single digit handicappers and adopted many of their stances, holding clubs, swing and accuracy. I started calculating wind speed and direction to fade or draw in the perfect shot. Sam, a 4-handicap, long-hitting, high-trajectory golf player, joined me for weekend challenges and my handicap dropped steadily to 10; I achieved my Everest in golf and I felt great about it. I realized that if I had stayed in that Group, my handicap would never have dropped. Sam, I and Rajiv, another single digit handicapper, challenge each other throughout the week and weekend. This is a space I very much enjoy being in and I wouldn't give it up at all.
This is my story and I stand by it.
Two years ago I joined a Golfing Gang here in India. On my very first outing my opponent cried foul and it evolved into a WhatsApp chatter labeled "Twig the hain gallan", which means the talk of twigs. I was cast out of the group as the instigator of the "Twigs Episode". I was isolated and forced to play golf alone for a couple of months. As a carrot dangling before me, this notorious gang would offer me a game or so in their tournaments. Later I found out that they dangled the carrot and invited me just for the money. I was alone and no one to play with. The BGS New Delhi Chapter was almost defunct and the AGA India Chapter became defunct in 2010. This space is not a good space to be in, because you find yourself cursing yourself and others, but you don't enjoy the sport or the adventure.
I overcame this loneliness and feeling of rejection by concentrating on my game of golf. I focused on lowering my handicap from 18 to 15 down to 12 and 10. I chose to play with single digit handicappers and adopted many of their stances, holding clubs, swing and accuracy. I started calculating wind speed and direction to fade or draw in the perfect shot. Sam, a 4-handicap, long-hitting, high-trajectory golf player, joined me for weekend challenges and my handicap dropped steadily to 10; I achieved my Everest in golf and I felt great about it. I realized that if I had stayed in that Group, my handicap would never have dropped. Sam, I and Rajiv, another single digit handicapper, challenge each other throughout the week and weekend. This is a space I very much enjoy being in and I wouldn't give it up at all.
This is my story and I stand by it.
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