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Like Mushrooms

Like mushrooms in the moss, houses appear overnight where once deer and birds shared solitude with trees. Like ant’s single-minded march to unknown destinations we lug all we own from home to home telling ourselves this will be the last … Continue reading

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The Power of Solitude

There is power in solitude,not just physically and in terms of aloneness and silence,but the solitude of being one’s own person,of not stepping outside our boundaries in an attempt to be liked,understood, and accredited for what we do..Rather by drawing … Continue reading

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Solitude Is A State Of Mind

  “There are many who live in the mountains and behave as if they were in the town, and they are wasting their time. It is possible to be a solitary in one’s mind while living in a crowd, and … Continue reading

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Solitude or Loneliness

Language has created the word ‘loneliness’ to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word ‘solitude’ to express the glory of being alone. ~ Paul Tilich

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Seagull

His sorrow was not solitude, it was that other gulls refused to believe the glory of flight that awaited them; they refused to open their eyes and see. ~Richard Bach, 2006

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Solitude

Solitude removes bitterness and resentment.

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Inner Peace

Fuge tace et quiesce – Live in solitude, silence and inner peace.

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Solitude

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. ~ Henry David Thoreau

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Watching Ants

Like mushrooms on the forest floor, houses appear overnight where once deer and birds shared solitude with trees. Like ants single-minded march to unknown destinations we lug all we own from home to home telling ourselves this will be the … Continue reading

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Solitude

A flower blooms on yonder hill though unseen, is a flower still; living out it’s fragrant glory untold solitary story. ©1995 Sharron R. McMillan

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Solitude

Solitude is not a way of running away from life … from our feelings. On the contrary. 
This is the time we sort them out, air them, get over them, and go on without the burden of yesterday. 

~ Joan … Continue reading

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Solitude

Solitude is not a way of running away from life. . . from our feelings. On the contrary. This is the time we sort them out, air them, 
get over them, and go on 
without the burden of yesterday. ~ … Continue reading

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Solitude

Solitude is not a way of running away from life … 
from our feelings. On the contrary.
 This is the time we sort them out, air them, get over them, and go on
 without the burden of yesterday.

 ~ Joan … Continue reading

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