PHOTO: LUA OCANA
“The world today does not understand, in either man or woman, the need to be alone.
“How inexplicable it seems. Anything else will be accepted as a better excuse. If one sets aside time for a business appointment, a trip to the hairdresser, a social engagement or a shopping expedition, that time is accepted as inviolable. But if one says: I cannot come because that is my hour to be alone, one is considered rude, egotistical or strange.
“What a commentary on our civilization, when being alone is considered suspect; when one has to apologize for it, make excuses, hide the fact that one practices it–like a secret vice!
“Actually these are the most important times in one’s life—when one is alone. Certain springs are tapped only when we are alone. The artist knows he must be alone to create; the writer, to work out his thoughts; the musician, to compose; the saint, to pray.”
~Anne Morrow Lindberg from Gift from the Sea
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Susie Lima says:
Sep 12, 2012
Yes yes yes we need to love ourselves and spend time with ourselves as we’d spend time with a loved one. But I think Mystic Mama Fans do understand the need…and more and more everyday are understanding this need and beginning to meditate…to heal …to tune in
Dee Fontaine says:
Sep 12, 2012
I’ve learned to love myself after my divorce back in 2001 and love unconditionally to all in order to have peace, tranquility, and so much more in life…I also agree with SUSIE ;)
Love, DEExo
Amy says:
Sep 12, 2012
Ah, YES! Changing and healing these old programs so that we can continue to remember the Divine Humans we ARE!! Thank you MM!! xx
Suki says:
Sep 17, 2012
I just spent a week at the beach alone and it was grand.. never underestimate the power of the sand , sea, sky and sand <3
Lu says:
Sep 26, 2012
Thank you so much for sharing this, it is so true.