It has been truly surprising and rewarding to me that this time of social distancing and mask wearing and staying home has become a source of comfort if not joy. Here is what grabbed my attention this morning in my reading. It comes from Anam Cara one of John O'Donohue's books that seems to always speak to me clearly - perhaps because my grandmother Stella was born in Ireland?
Solitude is one of the most precious things in the human spirit. It is different from loneliness. When you are lonely, you become acutely conscious of your own separation. Solitude can be a homecoming to your own deepest belonging. One of the lovely things about us as individuals is the incommensurable in us. In each person, there is a point of absolute nonconnection with everything else and with everyone. This is fascinating and frightening. It means that we cannot continue to seek outside ourselves for the things we need from within. The blessings for which we hunger are not to be found in other places or people. These gifts can only be given to you by yourself. They are at home at the hearth of your soul.
Namaste (The Spirit in me bows to the Spirit in you.)
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