😞 Do YOU feel LONELY? 😞

This can help YOU.

“Mental Health Week” is May 4 -10, 2026.

Who knew, eh?

YOU are NOT alone ...

13% of Canadians (15+) say they feel lonely “always or often” says the Canadian Mental Health Association.

In 2024, 17% of youth between 15-24 years of age said that they feel lonely “always” or “often.” And its been RISING since 2012.

And according to Psychology Today, “people don’t want to discuss their loneliness with others out of fear of seeming negative.”

Psychology Today also says, “practical pathways around loneliness include helping others and reaching out even to people you don’t know well by exchanging pleasantries.”

🔑 ENTER my “Breaking the Ice” Project.🔑

Each day - I greet strangers with a hi, hello, hey - or some variation. --- Sometimes I see these people again - but many times I don’t. --- Sometimes it’s a very quick chat (eg. In line in a grocery store). --- Sometimes people feel relaxed enough to talk a little longer (eg. With co-workers after work).

“No one is an island” unto themselves. We. Need. Each. Other. Everyone of us is very “valuable!” If you don’t believe me, then ask yourself where you would be --- without a grocery store --- which was started by “someone” --- which is stocked with food by more “someone(s)” --- and which is kept in business by thousands of “someone(s)” --- known as customers --- just like you.

And IF I gave YOU this “haiku paint chip” card (below),