Solitude

Now, more than ever, we need our solitude. Being alone gives us the power to regulate and adjust our lives. It can teach us fortitude and the ability to satisfy our own needs. A restorer of energy, the stillness of alone experiences provides us with much-needed rest. It brings forth our longing to explore, our curiosity about the unknown, our will to be an individual, our hopes for freedom. Alonetime is fuel for life.

This is an excerpt from an article I read today (credit Healthbolt) on solitude. Fantastic article.

I'm used to being in solitude, but lately I've been feeling uneasy about it, like there's this pressure to connect with people. That pressure to connect is not unlike when your body craves food or sleep or sexytime. It's a part of life.

Yet for me, this desire for connectedness comes with a fear that there's nobody to connect to. And that's kinda how I've been feeling lately. I feel like there's no one around me right now.

This fear I sometimes feel usually comes from my insecurities getting the best of me. More precisely, this fear comes from feeling detached from God.  And the only way to reattach yourself to God is to spend time in stillness. In quiet. In solitude.

It always comes back to solitude.