IndaMiricale

You are reading from the book Touchstones
Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude.
—Sir Thomas Browne

Loneliness and solitude are very different things. When we're lonely, we feel sad about being alone. But when we're in solitude, we have ourselves and can be at peace. Many of us have had so much pain in our relationships that we often feel lonely. Or we may have been so frightened of being alone that now we avoid it like poison. All of us have known the pain of loneliness, even while we were surrounded by people.

Through solitude we can become more fully acquainted with ourselves, develop greater honesty, and deepen our spiritual development. Each day, as we spend time alone in meditation, we make conscious contact with God and join other men in spirit who also walk this path. Even in our solitude we are not alone.

In this quiet time, I reestablish peace within and find the spirit of my fellow men and women on a similar path.

IndaMiricale

Oh the days to be in a crowed room and feel as like I was the only one there..

Thank god for the rooms , I never have that feeling there..

Fernaceman

Yeah I was constantly surrounded by people but it never felt "right." I suppose that was the loneliness this reading speaks of.

Solitude and being at peace with existing. Sounds like something to strive for to me.