Aloneness

"Until you learn to inhabit your aloneness, the lonely distraction and noise of society will seduce you into false longing, with which you will become empty and weary.    When you face your aloneness, something begins to happen.  Gradually, the sense of bleakness changes into a sense of true belonging.   This is a slow and open-ended transition but it is utterly vital in order to come into rhythm with your own individuality...this is the endless task of finding your true home within your life.    As soon as you rest in the house of your own heart, doors and windows begin to open outward to the world.   No longer on the run from your aloneness, your connections with others become real and creative.   You no longer need to covertly scrape affirmation from others or from projects outside yourself."    John O' Donahue