The world is more connected than it's ever been before. We can communicate instantly with our friends and family who live miles apart, thanks to the power of social media. And yet... why do so many of us still feel lonely?

Feeling lonely is a normal human experience it is something we all go through. And it's not simply a function of being alone. You can feel lonely in a crowd. Because loneliness is a feeling of being alienated from others, not feeling understood or connected it’s a feeling that something is missing.

But loneliness is also a message that our body sends us, letting us know that we are important, and we need to become friends with ourselves again. When we feel isolated or alone, we can choose to have compassion for ourselves. We can recognise our emotions without judging them. When we accept where we are at and what we are struggling against, without berating ourselves, we can then begin to change.

In order to defeat loneliness, we have to listen to its message You are complete, nobody is needed, you are enough!

Filmed in GrootMarico, South Africa.
Featuring Johann Moolman (https://www.art.co.za/johannmoolman/)

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In collaboration with iNous, we recently released a beautiful deck of 52 cards each card containing a quote from one of our films, paired with the activating visual muses of Lanon Prigge. The aim of this deck is to rekindle childlike curiosity and creativity, helping to navigate the shared waters of our human experience with grace and joy. If you’d like to consider purchasing your copy, shop here https://tgc.link/reflections

Who is Reflections of Life? We are Justine and Michael (previously known as Green Renaissance). We use our passion for filmmaking and our love of storytelling, to remind our audience of one simple truth – that we are all human. The more that we understand and believe in this interconnectedness, the more we will treat ourselves, one another, and planet earth with a greater sense of compassion.

Editing by Amy Cupido and Justine du Toit

Music sourced from ArtList https://bit.ly/2KfrAt2
Cold by Borrtex
Creativity (Theta) by Yotam Agam
Enter (Reworked) by Christopher Galovan
Close by Eleven Tales
In a Heartbeat by Noam Zaguri
Break of Day by Noam Zaguri

A huge thank you to these guys, who so generously gave of their to time to help with language translations:
Arabic by Mohammad Alkhudhair
Assamese by Partha Protim Borah
Catalan by Pau Zabaleta
Chinese by Loretta Mao
Croatian by Davor Bobanac
Dutch by Karla Greven
English by Justine du Toit
French by Amélie Macoin
Georgian by Qeti Giorgadze
German by Tanja Pütz
Greek by Angeliki Papadimitriou
Hungarian by Zorka Evetovics
Indonesian by Ary Nuansa
Italian by Grazia Gironella
Korean by Chloe Park
Macedonian by Lidija Pusevska Markovska
Polish by Anna Konieczna
Russian by Assiya Marzhanova
Slovak by Zuzana Beratsova
Slovenian by Jasmina Kovačič
Thai by Pimmi Uamart
Ukrainian by Olha Yurchyk
Vietnamese by Thi Le