09/09/2026
Hello to each one of you in our wonderful Community ๐๐.
Today, Thursday 10 September, is the official 'RUOK' day for 2026. I hope this certainly does find you OK - and, if not, please DO reach out to each other and seek the support you need ๐๐ค.
๐ It is always OK to ask for help! It might be reaching out to a friend, to someone whom you know and trust, or it might be assistance from a counsellor or other appropriate channel ๐. Reach out and let someone else in - someone who can help ease your burden, someone who might offer guidance, someone who offers you that needed hug and true connection ๐.
๐ On this day we are also given a reminder to ask others how THEY are. WE are the connection that may make all the difference in someone's life ๐ค.
๐ Take the time to be there for your friend, your neighbour, the person who seems sad, the person you have not been in recent contact with, the person you may not even know at well at all - Ask them how they are doing, and be there to listen and support.
๐ This is a true gift of love, to be there for the OTHER person - the person who may need you to simply ask them how they are doing - and to be there to truly listen and care.
๐ Having a designated day (the 2nd Thursday in September), to highlight awareness of the needs of those who are struggling, who may just NOT be OK, is a worthy reminder and initiative.
โฃ๐However, even more importantly, "Are you OK"? is a question to ask each other all through the year ! โฃ๐Let's always remember to connect and to be there for each other ๐!
Thinking of you all and hoping life is happy and well - and that you know and feel that you ARE able to share any joys and any worries - and that you WILL be truly heard โค, xo.
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