Connection in a changed world

The highs and lows in a day, a life, sometimes catch me unawares.  Living for moments, being aware, finding beauty and joy in small pleasures…..I  believe it's how we should live, but I wonder, does it make the ups and downs, highs and lows, that much more apparent?  

It seems such a simple thing, holding on to hopes, dreams, looking forward, seeking…..connecting in small ways throughout the days.  But ah, there seems to be so much loneliness in our world, despite the increase in so called connection…..or perhaps because of it.  Can we truly connect in such a networked hi-tech world?  I wonder……so often I wonder.

Sense of touch, and reaching out--oh, so important in our lives, from infancy on…..that need for human connection.  But where do we turn when it seems so out of reach? How do you continue believing, dreaming, finding those small joys?  Ah, for simpler times; small joys, large joys…..true connections.

Why does it always seem lonelier on Friday?  Is it our preconceived notions, memories of younger days, activity filled weekends past, the lives we see going on around us?

…..familiy, connections…..things that were, and are no more….or only at a distance, in ways forever changed.  Feeling the distance in this moment……reaching out…..wishing on a star…..is it really out there?