Solitude

"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.   We cannot continue to seek outside ourselves for the things that we need from within.   The blessings for which we hunger are not to be found in other places or people.   They are at home in the heart of the soul."   John O' Donahue