From obscurity to certainty pt.2

I figured out that solitude, whether by choice or chance, is equally important as enjoying the company of multitude. But it’s a Batman and Robin thingy. Solitude tags along loneliness and makes it, say, unbearable and painful.

And I could hear from my seat Obama declaring “Change has come.”

Isn’t it in loneliness that we seek ourselves and our situation? Isn’t it in when we’re downcast that we find hope and draw courage to live again and again? Isn’t it in those dark lonely nights that we hear our inner voices conversing with that One Still Voice?

It’s amazing that solitary confinement and loneliness can yield such a satisfying end. It’s like the law of magnetism, opposite poles attract. And, they do—solitude attracts reflection that later on sorts out whatever is needing attention.

Avoiding loneliness, though, is like taking a medicine when you feel something wrong. The medicine relieves. True! Yet, you didn’t really listen to the body. An ache, a fever is the body’s way of telling there’s something not right. When you take medicine for immediate relief, you failed to listen to what your body is telling you. You fail to sort out what was wrong. It could have been something you ate or did that’s supposed to teach you to be careful next time.

When one is lonely and tries to cover up; it’s a failure of listening intently to a message that there’s something wrong and needs to be dealt with.