A o oʻo mai se vaitau o aso malolo faigata ma tuua toʻatasi i le faʻaiʻuga i le galu lata mai o le COVID-19, o se faʻafitauli tele ua toe oʻo mai i luma. E oo lava i le taimi a o leʻi oo i le faamaʻi, na faaalia i se suʻesuʻega e faapea, e 1 i le 5 tagata matutua i le Iunaite Setete “e masani po o taimi uma e lagona ai le tuua toʻatasi, lagona le leai o se aumea, lagona le tuulafoaʻia, pe lagona le faaesea mai isi.” O lenei faʻafitauli ua faʻateleina ona o le faʻaleagaina o le tele o soifua i nai tausaga ua tuanaʻi.
I se tala talu ai nei na lomia i Lipoti a le Soifua Maloloina, fai mai le Surgeon General “O taunuuga o le faaesea ma le tuua toʻatasi e mafai ona ogaoga ma e lamatia ai le ola.” Na ia faʻaopoopo mai, "O tagata o loʻo oʻo i agafesootai faʻaesea na lipotia mai foi le lagona le fiafia, popole, popole, vaivai, pe faanoanoa." O loʻo fautua mai le tusiga e tatau i tagata ona suʻe ni punaoa faʻatekonolosi e fesoasoani ia i latou e faʻafesoʻotaʻi ma isi.
O se tasi o ia punaoa o se upega tafaʻilagi faʻaagafesootai tulaga ese e taʻua o Filifilia Se Aiga, lea e filifili ai e tagata a latou lava "Family Figures" e suʻe ai le lagolago ma faia ni fesoʻotaʻiga fou i se tulaga faaleaiga. O le saite e fesoasoani i tagata taʻitoʻatasi e fetaui ma isi o loʻo saili e fausia ni mafutaga fou faaleaiga. Atonu latou te sailia se matua matua pe a leiloa se tasi i le taimi o le faʻamaʻi. Atonu latou te fesootai ma le uso latou te lei mauaina lava. Mo i latou o e mafatia ona o le tuuatoatasi, toesea o e pele, leai o se taliaina o lo latou faasinomaga, po o isi mea, Filifili Se Aiga e ofoina atu le avanoa e faatumuina ai le avanoa ma fefaasoaai taimi taua o le olaga ma se tasi.
O le na faavaeina le Select A Family, Kim Parshley, o se Master Certified Life Coach, o se taʻitaʻi faʻapolofesa faʻapolofesa & fesoasoani a le tagata lava ia e fesoasoani i tagata ia alualu i luma o latou olaga ina ia maua le faʻamalieina sili atu. Ua ia iloa lelei le tiga o le toesea o tagata o lona aiga, ona ua maliliu uma ona matua. Na faamatala e Parshley lana musumusuga: “O nei mafutaga o mea ia e taamilo ai le lalolagi. Afai e mafai ona avea aʻu ma faʻavae mo suiga, lea e aumaia ai le lotogatasi, alofa, faʻamoemoe, ma le lagolago i soo se tasi, ou te manaʻo e fai lena mea." Na te vala'aulia tagata uma e amata faia feso'ota'iga e aunoa ma se totogi i aso nei ile chooseafamily.com.
OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:
- Even before the pandemic, a survey showed that 1 in 5 adults in the United States “often or always feels lonely, feels a lack of companionship, feels left out, or feels isolated from others.
- For those who suffer due to loneliness, the loss of loved ones, lack of acceptance of their identity, or other factors, Choose A Family offers the opportunity to fill the void and share life’s important moments with someone.
- In a recent article published in Public Health Reports, the Surgeon General says “The consequences of social isolation and loneliness can be serious and even life-threatening.
