Why Solitude Promotes Greatness - The Benefits of Being Alone
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Published 2024-03-14
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Four years ago I cared for my dying mother for 7 months. While gone caring for my mother my wife decided to cheat. This was during the COVID shutdown. Once my mother died the very next day my wife asked for a divorce. I divorced her and moved 1500 miles away into a small cabin I bought in the forests of Missouri. The solitude gave me peace of mind and an understanding of myself and my worth. After three years I joined a small country church with less than 25 people in attendance. I spent Sundays and Wednesday evenings in social discourse with the members of the church but maintained solitude in my home. I have never been more a peace with myself and the world in general.
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"I only go out into society to get me a fresh appetite for being alone." -- Lord Byron
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Periods of solitude allow you to reset yourself and digest your experiences.
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I have adopted a minimalistic, solitary life and I have never felt more whole and happy.
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"Not everyone who is alone is lonely" I would add that not everyone who is lonely is alone. One can drown in others without any positive connection to any of them.
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Everyone has 3 faces. One they show the world, one they show the ones they love, and one only themselves see.
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"Hell is other people," is a such a sober realization about the influencial power that people pin against each other.
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There's an old joke that "Whoever says money can't buy happiness isn't spending it right." In the same spirit, I would say that anybody who doesn't love solitude isn't spending it right. 😅
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I never invisioned being a great man. I realized quite young that I neither had the ego nor the humility. All I have ever wanted was to be left to myself.
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As an artist, solitude is as priceless as time…
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“If you are never alone, you cannot know yourself.” ~ Paulo Coelho
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I love being alone. It’s never ever lonely. It’s rejuvenating and enthralling.
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I love my solitude. Actively embrace it. I can think, create and breathe. Never lonely as i enjoy being alone
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Solitude transformed me in ways that other people, including therapists and relatives, never could. All I had to do for two years during this pandemic was "look in the mirror" and listen to the voice that guides me, my conscience, about what I really want in life and act even if just 1% of it. As Camus quotes: "Moving forward , just moving forward, is already a superhuman achievement"
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Solitude is the only way to avoid group thinking and behavior ❤
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14:15 "When other people are not present, most of us stare at screens to distract ourselves" hey, wait a minute
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I don't have a lot of friends anymore. I've always been a bit reclusive, but I spent a great portion of my 20s being very social and I regret most of it. Most social interactions these days revolve around binge drinking and doing drugs. Since I quit drinking and I don't do any drugs, I find most social gatherings totally inane and quite boring.
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Retirement was flat-out the best thing I ever did. In winter I often go for days at a time without ever opening my door.
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Independent life and solitude. These days of insanity have given me an even deeper gratitude of my quiet choice. Listen, read, and create as I choose. It’s a personal perspective.