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Loneliness can be cultivated instead of feared. The deeper we learn to understand ourselves, the less we depend on being fully understood by everyone around us.
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“Loneliness does not come from having no people around you, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to you.”
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Well, folks? Who’da ever thunk I’d discover that there is, indeed, such a thing as “Solitude Day” … aaaaand TODAY’S the freakin’ day!
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As far as I’m concerned, loneliness is rarely about the empty “physical spaces” within which so many of us dwell. Rather, it’s about the empty space in a person’s soul where they carry the weight of all the unspoken words and truths they’ve managed to convince themselves not to “think, speak, or feel” because they simply don’t feel safe enough to share them with anyone, including themselves.
In my experience, however, true healing and growth are about taking whatever time is necessary to figure out what matters most in your world (regardless of who you share your spaces with), then learning how to SPEAK it ALL so that YOU are no longer alone with it! It’s how you let yourself be truly SEEN for what and who you really are, which (P.S.), in the paradoxical twist of all twists, is indeed how YOU attract the most important person you will EVER be in a relationship with …
YOU!
… aaaaand THAT, my friends, is how you become the BEAST who is “alone” but not “lonely”! Thoughts? Drop me a comment if you dare! I’d love to hear from you.
