Physical movement helps because your body impacts your emotions.
Number four, imagine.
If you look down, your shoulders droop and your back is bent. Do that all day, and your emotions will follow. You will soon be downcast.
So here’s what you do: stand up straight, inhale, and then exercise. Move!
Think of a future date when you will be with family and friends. Plan for it. Tell yourself, “OK, I will be with the people I love and who love me.”
If you’re an overseas worker, say, “I’m going home for Christmas and we will have so much fun! Oh, we’ll attend Simbang Gabi, eat puto bumbong and bibingka, and attend endless family reunions!”
Plan and make it happen because your imagination is powerful. Your mind actually doesn’t distinguish between imagination and reality. Your subconscious mind experiences what you imagine as though it were real.
Number five: If you are lonely, go out there and love.
The problem with loneliness is that you focus on yourself, your misery, your pain and sorrow.
You need to go out there and start looking outward, asking others, “How are you? What’s going on in your life? I hope you’re fine.”
Send out caring messages to friends, especially those you’ve not been in touch with for a while.
Learn to care for other people and then act.
Find ways, like praying for them or giving food to neighbors in need. Find ways to love others.
And number six is what I believe to be the most important: yield.
You need to yield to God and let Him have His way with you.