<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Helping-the-Suffering on Late Blooms</title><link>/tags/helping-the-suffering/</link><description>Recent content in Helping-the-Suffering on Late Blooms</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="/tags/helping-the-suffering/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Christmas Loneliness</title><link>/posts/christmas-loneliness/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/posts/christmas-loneliness/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://photos.smugmug.com/Lateblooms/n-ZkfX3Q/2014/Christmas-loneliness/i-mpkNtgh/0/KN9QSDBn9PHpXJMHncQwmKs7qPnxKh3XscFHrZ7R4/D/Christmas-2014-with-Ellen-Burstyn-quote-D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="Christmas 2014 (with Ellen Burstyn quote)" loading="lazy" src="https://jeanjankisamaroo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Christmas-2014-with-Ellen-Burstyn-quote-1024x636.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;At Christmas-time, we tend to forget that many people are alone.  This could be intentional or the result of circumstance - death, divorce, broken friendships, family far away, or an endless variety of reasons.  For those who choose to spend the time in solitude meditating or with other plans, there&amp;rsquo;s joy in being alone.  For those who would prefer to be with others but have no others, it can be a very hard and lonely time.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>