
Here is an old poem written by D.H.Lawrence
LONELY, LONESOME, LONEY-O!
When I hear somebody complain of being lonely,
or in American, lonesome
I really wonder and wonder what they mean.
Do they mean they are a great deal alone?
But what is lovelier than to be alone?
escaping the petrol fumes of human conversation
and the exhaust-smell of people
and be alone!
Be alone, and feel the trees silently growing.
Be alone, and see the moonlight outside, white and busy and silent.
Be quite alone, and feel the living cosmos softly rocking
soothing and restoring and healing.
Soothed, restored and healed
when I am alone with the silent great cosmos
and there is no grating of people with their presences gnawing
at the stillness of the air.
So many of us fear being alone, as if it’s some failing on our part that we’re not with others. Aloneness is an all-too-rare state of being (especially when we can be digitally connected 24/17) — but it’s a state I relish. Thanks for posting this reminder of how valuable it can be.
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Happy you liked it! Being alone is so important.
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Yup. Looking for some “alone”time on the rain-soaked desert this morning.
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Have fun!
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Just got back Tracy … a couple of hours spent with my camera ambling with no goal in mind. Bliss! even if the pics don’t turn out it was worth the walk.
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That is wonderful!
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I love to be alone! I feel there is nothing greater than being alone and doing something which I always want to do.
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I agree!
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