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Home Alone
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2022-01-12T15:57:22.000Z
2022-01-12T15:57:22.000Z
Tom Riach
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<div><p><img style="float:left;padding-bottom:0em;padding-right:0.5em;padding-left:1.5em;" src="https://www.algarvegolfholidays.com/AGH-Images-Other/BannerWhite-130x180.jpg" alt="" width="130" height="180" /></p><p><img style="float:right;padding-bottom:0em;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:1.5em;" src="https://www.algarvegolfholidays.com/AGH-Images-Other/BannerWhite-130x180.jpg" alt="" width="130" height="180" /></p><blockquote><p style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://www.tomriach.com"> <img style="float:right;padding:0em 0.1em 0.1em 0.5em;" src="https://www.algarvegolfholidays.com/AGH-Images-Other/TR-Border4.jpg" alt="Joseph Tom Riach – Author of successful living books and mystery novels, vivid views of life and business" width="375" height="85" /></a><span style="color:#008080;font-family:Andalus;font-size:large;"><em><strong>”Home Alone"</strong> is the second in my 2022 series of articles based on my real life experiences, professional insights, personal views and fun stories. My hope is that in them you find joy and inspiration.</em></span></p></blockquote><center><span style="color:#fbb117;font-family:Andalus;font-size:x-large;"><strong>HOME ALONE</strong></span> <br /><center><span style="color:#008080;font-family:Andalus;">by Joseph Tom Riach</span><p style="text-align:justify;"> <span style="font-size:20px;font-family:Andalus;"><strong>Do</strong> you ever feel 'home alone', as in being lonely? Do you know what is loneliness? I ask because many people have a hard time differentiating between being physically alone and being mentally alone. To them both are one and the same thing. Their physically alone equals mentally alone equals loneliness, restlessness, inert distress.</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"> <span style="font-size:20px;font-family:Andalus;">Those who relate to that definition of loneliness tend to fix it, by going out, being around people and charging up their metaphorical batteries through social contact. This is fine to a point … yet there's a difficulty with it too. Because, where their unease stems from a deeper emptiness of the soul, such banal interaction can simply make matters worse.</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"> <span style="font-size:20px;font-family:Andalus;">Ongoing superficial physical company without a lot of actual emotional, mental, inner or somehow closer contact leaves a pretty bad seed in your well-being - even if that company is only sporadic. You don't feel secure, safe or understood through it. It takes its toll on your spiritual character. In that case, being alone might well be the lesser evil. A good thing in fact.</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"> <span style="font-size:20px;font-family:Andalus;">So first understand that being alone isn't necessarily bad. Far from it. Recognise the good which solitude can do to create calm within yourself. You may not need a lot of social contact anyway - and certainly not of the superficial, meaningless kind. The truth is that you can do fine on your own. People most relaxed in their own personalities and life in general will often tell you how much they enjoy their own company … most of the time. The rest of the time they seek out opportunities and relationships with which to satisfy their more profound emotional and intellectual needs. You can do likewise.</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"> <span style="font-size:20px;font-family:Andalus;"> When thus satisfied you become self aware, content and relaxed. Your balanced psyche feels nourished at all levels. You sit at ease with both solitude and social company. You'll tend to shun the superficial, seek out meaningful relationships and embrace life's simple pleasures. You'll be a better person for it. You need never feel 'home alone' again. </span></p><center><p style="text-align:center;color:#008080;"><strong> </strong><strong>I am Tom Riach. I live and write in the sunny south of Portugal. </strong></p><p style="color:#008080;"><strong>My latest top-seller is <em>'The Road To Joyful Living'.</em> Claim your special copy by clicking on the image below.</strong></p><p align="center"><u><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B095TJHQJ6/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+road+to+joyful+living%21+joseph+t.+riach&qid=1622542636&s=books&sr=1-1"><img class="fr-fic fr-dii" src="http://www.algarvegolfholidays.com/AGH-Images-Other/TR2JL-Mockx2.jpg" alt="Joseph Tom Riach, Author – Paperbacks and Ebooks for sale on Amazon" width="350" height="250" name="graphics82" align="bottom" border="1" /></a></u></p></center><p align="center"><em><strong>HOME ALONE </strong></em>is an original copyright Tom Riach feature.<br /> I hope you enjoyed this short article and found it to be of value.<br /> To learn more please visit me on my <strong><em><a href="http://www.tomriach.com/"><span style="color:#fbb117;"><strong>Author Page</strong></span></a></em></strong>.<br /> See you there! Regards, Tom.</p><center><a href="https://www.tomriach.com"><img src="http://www.algarvegolfholidays.com/AGH-Images-Other/TR-Border4.jpg" alt="TR-Border4.jpg" width="300" height="54" /></a></center><center>© Copyright Joseph T.Riach 1998-present. All rights reserved.</center></center></center></div>
Awakening
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2020-07-04T15:33:15.000Z
2020-07-04T15:33:15.000Z
Tom Riach
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<div><p><img style="float:left;padding-bottom:0em;padding-right:.5em;padding-left:1.5em;" src="https://www.algarvegolfholidays.com/AGH-Images-Other/BannerWhite-130x180.jpg" alt="" width="130" height="180" /></p><p><img style="float:right;padding-bottom:0em;padding-left:.5em;padding-right:1.5em;" src="https://www.algarvegolfholidays.com/AGH-Images-Other/BannerWhite-130x180.jpg" alt="" width="130" height="180" /></p><p><a title="" href="https://www.syndicationexpress.ning.com.com"> <img style="float:right;padding:0em .1em .1em .5em;" src="https://www.algarvegolfholidays.com/AGH-Images-Other/TSS2.jpg" alt="Joseph Tom Riach – Author of successful living books and mystery novels, vivid views of life and business" width="290" height="160" /></a></p><center><span style="color:#fbb117;font-family:Andalus;font-size:x-large;"><strong>AWAKENING</strong></span> <br /><center><span style="color:#008080;font-family:Andalus;">by Joseph Tom Riach</span><p style="text-align:left;"> </p><p style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:#008080;font-family:Andalus;font-size:large;"><em>is the 1st of twelve articles for light holiday reading in my 2020 series of <span style="font-family:Andalus;font-size:large;"><strong><a href="http://www.ibosocial.com/wakeup2wealth/pressrelease.aspx"><span style="color:#fbb117;">Tom's Summer Shorts.</span></a></strong></span> The tales are a blend of my real life experiences, professional insights, personal views and fun stories. <span style="color:#008080;font-family:Andalus;font-size:large;"><em>My hope is that in them you find joy and inspiration.</em></span></em></span></p><p style="text-align:left;"> </p><p align="justify"> <span style="font-size:20px;font-family:Andalus;"> </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:Andalus;"> Dawn's first glimmer of light glanced into the bedroom in company with a cool morning air. The breeze brushed my chest with the softness of a mandolin lovingly strummed. Erna too felt it, her back being bared to the open window. She murmured a soft moan of appreciation. Slowly we awoke.</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:Andalus;"> Avocado, strawberries, rye bread, olive oil and spring water followed our arisal - subtle stimulations to taste to supplement our physical stirring from slumber. On the terrace, shielded from the sun still low and red to the east, we lingered long, unwilling to release ourselves from the languor of night fantasies and the lazy opening strands of day. Why move on? Whatever awaited further on in time, however enticing, could not surpass the idyll of the moment. Within that realisation lies the source of true happiness.</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:Andalus;"> Happiness, you see, is not life as in a perpetual belly laugh. Sure, that is fun. I'd recommend that you do it heartily and often. But true happiness is the contentment deep in your spirit which embraces you unflinchingly at all times. At some unexpected moments you feel it wrap itself around you, cling to your being and envelope your very soul as if in a warm chocolate goo. Yes, happiness is sticky! Once found, your inner self will not easily let it go.</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:Andalus;"> So, seek out happiness. Look for it in doing the things for which you have the greatest passion. Not only will that please you, it will please others and inevitably help them in some way in their lives. Doing what you love always rubs off on other people. That is the first great realisation of true happiness.</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:Andalus;"> The second great realisation of true happiness – and it will find you – is coming to appreciate the value of life's simple pleasures; those things which many people regularly take for granted and fail to fully appreciate. Are you daily grateful for fresh air, cool water, shelter, food, nature in all its forms, family, friends, love and, yes, laughter? You should be. They are not only the building blocks of happiness, they are the finished product. There is no further life experience beyond relishing these fundamentals from which to draw greater joy.</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:Andalus;"> Understanding this gloriously simple reality, seeking it out and installing it in your life is a time of immense spiritual awakening. It is in fact, the greatest awakening of all. An awakening surpassing even the subliminal dawn of which I write – and that is saying something! </span></p><center><p style="text-align:center;color:#008080;"><strong> </strong><strong>I am Tom Riach. I live and write in the sunny south of Portugal. </strong></p><p style="color:#008080;"><strong>My latest novel is 'Too Early For A Glass Of Wine?' Claim your copy by clicking on the image below.</strong></p><p align="center"><u><a title="" href="https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B01MTQYSH3"><img class="fr-fic fr-dii" src="http://www.algarvegolfholidays.com/AGH-Images-Other/2E4AGOW-FullCover.jpg" alt="Joseph Tom Riach, Author – Paperbacks and Ebooks for sale on Amazon" width="350" height="250" name="graphics82" align="bottom" border="1" /></a></u></p></center><p align="center"><em><strong>AWAKENING </strong></em>is an original copyright Tom Riach feature.<br /> I hope you enjoyed this <em>Summer Short</em> and found it to be of value.<br /> To learn more please visit me on my <strong><em><a href="http://www.tomriach.com/"><span style="color:#fbb117;"><strong>Author Page</strong></span></a></em></strong>.<br /> See you there! Regards, Tom.</p><center><img src="http://www.algarvegolfholidays.com/AGH-Images-Other/TR-Border4.jpg" alt="TR-Border4.jpg" width="300" height="54" /></center><center>© Copyright Joseph T.Riach 1998-present. All rights reserved.</center></center></center></div>