Putting Fingers to Keyboard....#WQ Theme: Alone
It's another week of Wednesday Quotes, hosted by Marsha from Always Write. If you're interested in joining, you can find more about #WQ here.
This weeks theme centers around the word alone. Alone can be so simple as just having no one else present, or deeper of a feeling of isolation, excluded, not a part of something. I often, enjoy being alone, and yet there have been times in my life that I have felt "completely alone", friendless, separated from those I had cared so much about. Currently there are times I feel a bit alone with both of my parents gone and a strained relationship with my sister. I have family on the east coast that I'm close to, but it's just not the same as when family is nearby. It's a weird dynamic, but sadly, one I'm used to.
What a neat thought. I'm not a fan of traveling alone, and though I'm an extrovert, I can very much be an introvert in new places. I'm not very confident. But I love this idea and would hope that if I did ever travel alone, I'd be open to the people around me.
It is true, isn't it. That sometimes, a lot of times, being alone is a beautiful thing. I know that it can also be a place where our mind wanders and our thoughts can really haunt us, but I think it's also a great place to work through those things.
I have often joked that it's a good thing I like my own company. I am surrounded by my family, but when it come to friendships, especially after we left our church 9 years ago, I had a very hard time for awhile and often said it was probably good that I didn't mind being alone, or without the friends I thought would stay for a lifetime, or at least a longer time.
Kirstin
Beautiful post. I like that you explored some pros and cons of being alone. I like my alone time, but it's also been such a struggle with feeling very alone since moving. Good thing I have internet friends to visit!
ReplyDeleteThank you Kym!
DeleteHi Kirstin - I too love being alone with my own thoughts.
ReplyDeleteGood friends are great, but those acquaintances - often means small talk with no substance. That makes me crazy and I often just want to run away or avoid any venue where such relationships happen.
Anyway - I shared a story about being alone on night that I can't recall if you've read. It was about one scary night when I was working for a golf course as the night water boy and how one night went nuts on me - stressing my ability to enjoy being alone.
Thank you for sharing. Yes, I loved that story!
DeleteI think since I started blogging I haven't felt truly alone. One blogger wrote that her friends were in her computer so she was never alone. That is true in so many ways. I wasn't blessed with a sister. My brother and I are much closer now that everyone else is gone. I'm glad we finally grew up and were able to accept each other.
ReplyDeleteI agree Marsha! Haha!!
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