Do you ever feel the need to be by yourself in this noisy world? Have you noticed how sometimes it seems impossible? Why do you suppose there’s such a desire to find a place you can be all alone?
You really shouldn’t be alone all the time, but there are times when it’s a very good thing for you. It can help you sort out your thoughts. Solitude is where you understand yourself. And you need to be able to understand yourself before you can understand anyone else.
Even Jesus made time to be all alone.
well, in the physical sense anyway. He wanted private conversations with the Father. He said He could do nothing apart from the Father. I believe that’s because as one place in the Bible says…God IS life”. I mean, think about it. If there was no God, there would be no you. No me. No anyone. God is the source of Life. And even though you may find yourself alone, you’re never really alone…unless you prefer a universe of one. I don’t care who you are, that wouldn’t be much of a place to be.
Back in 1978 I wrote about a person who had no where to turn…no one to turn to…no place to be all alone. And yet this person felt constantly alone. Imagine that dilemma. Are you experiencing anything like that? If so, get in touch with me. I’d love to talk to you about how you can change it.
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I looked at his painting
And wept like a child.
So many things brought to mind.
I thought of a house,
And I thought of a drive,
And a place that’s so hard to find.
Where do you go when you want to be alone
And throw all your sorrows away?
Is there really a place you can be all alone?
Is there anyone here who can say?
I looked at the ocean
And sighed like the wind.
Too many goals to achieve.
Just like the waves
I can’t end or begin,
But still I’m too wise to deceive.
Who do you call for to lend you a hand
And take all your burdens away?
Some turn to drinking, some turn to thinking,
And I always just turn away.
© 1978 Tony Funderburk (July 27)
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