The blog will pick a word of the week, to share & explore the selected word. Here’s an expression for the word – solitude. Solitude is a choice to use that time either for reflection, relaxation, self-compassion or self-love. Sufficient solitude helps us get more creative & live a more mindful life. Solitude is an enriching experience, holds profound peace & beauty that reveals itself when we embrace the quiet moments to delve deep into our inner world.
The Art Of Solitude: Selected Writings. Shares a myriad of ways in which people throughout history have understood their experiences of solitude or have counselled others to the benefit of occasional solitude. Contains beautiful poetry, essays, autobiographical pieces & short stories from writers like Virginia Woolf, Edgar Allen Poe, Emily Dickinson & Ralph Waldo Emerson.
These diverse works help us learn how to think in freedom, how to enjoy a profound inner life & how best to cope with the fact that, as the novelist Joseph Conrad put it, we live, as we dream alone. Above all, they show how we might truly connect with ourselves & in the process, how we can meaningfully connect with those around us, including the earth itself. Solitude is always focused both inwards & outwards, towards the self & towards our world. Motivational.
