I agree with everyone's suggestions. It's hard to try and find a "purpose" some days. Since I do not work any longer it's up to me to find things to do to fill them.

I've found that volunteering and/or helping someone else is a great way to feel better and make a difference in someone else's quality of life at the same time.

I tend to analyze things a lot.....like on days when I feel a little down or I'm missing my family members who've passed on I'll sit and watch my bird feeders in the back yard. All kinds of birds and critters come to eat - including a few bunnies and a whole assortment of birds. It never fails - when I'm feeling low a bright red cardinal will come and sit on my porch railing. I take that as a sign from my Dad that everything will be OK. The other evening I was missing my sister terribly and a bunny hopped up to the edge of the storage barn and started eating some of the sunflower seeds I had put out. My sister loved rabbits and collected porceline figurines of them. I took that as a sign from her that life goes on and I will be OK. Then....I burned a pan of dressing and took that as a sign from my mother that I'll never be as good of a cook as she was!!! We used to have some good laughs in the kitchen when she was here with us.

It's normal to feel sadness and lonliness. If we didn't we wouldn't be human. I just tend to take it one day at a time, do what I feel like I can do, and always remember that there is someone I can help regardless of what my own circumstances are.