Has anyone felt as though life without a partner is meaningless or worthless before and if so how did you overcome it ? How does one know life is worth living regardless of relationship status.
Guitarist,
Yes, I have and do have strong feelings on the topic of having a 'life-partner'... From the time of a young boy growing up in a christian family with 5 siblings - after my father passed-away at a young age (36) - our mother raised 6 kids all by herself and to this day at 83 has never felt compelled to remarry. Why - because she had married and lost her one-true soul-mate and devoted the rest of her life to her kids, now her grand-kids and great-grand-kids - more than fill her void for fulfilling love and companionship...
We are all different - we all have different journeys - different feelings and experiences.
In my case - my life's dream has been to grow-old and spend the rest of my life with my soul-mate (like my mother). Along my journey - I met, fell in love and married my soul-mate; unfortunately after 26 years and three kids she has been 'lost' to a severe depression and is pursuing a separation...
While I am heart-broken, empty and longing for her companionship - I have to find peace in the lord - and continue to pray to the lord for her lost-soul... I pray to the lord to give her the time and the space that she needs to help her find her way and pray for her recovery from depression. I continue to pray that they lord will answer my prayers and bless me with my soul-mate.
To the point of your question - I too struggle with the potential of the chance of complete loss - the chance that she will not recover from her depression and will never find her way home.
I do struggle - knowing that my love language is loving affection (ref:
The Five Love Languages: gift giving, quality time, words of affirmation, acts of service (devotion), and physical touch. I find peace by praying for the lord to bless me with a life-partner that can return the same amount of unconditional love and attention that I am able and willing to give...
For now - the lord has blessed me with a 6 month old GoldenDoodle - the exemplar example for us mere humans of what it means to be 'loved unconditionally'...
Keep your faith in the lord brother - I will pray for you and for the lord to bless you with the strength to focus upon becoming the best version of yourself - such that you will find strength in knowing that you are deserving of receiving the love your heart desires thru the lords blessings...