Yesterday this blog had 147 ‘unique visitors’. The numbers vary (July 6th 219, July 8th 114) but lately seem to hover around the 150 mark. “Who are you?” I ask. Oh, I know some of you, but just a handful. And yet, in spite of my curiosity I don’t feel the need to know who all my blog readers are. What keeps me going is knowing that more than a handful of people out there in cyberspace are breathing in some needed silence, solitude and simplicity. Of course, I’m aware that some may be looking for a cottage by the sea to rent, and others are one-timers, realizing that this blog doesn’t satisfy what they are surfing for.
I’m also aware that not everyone is looking for silence, solitude and simplicity as a way of life. Their lives are in full, active, immersion mode—family, jobs, vacations, volunteer work. They are happy to be there, but in their busyness, they long for more of the 3S’s and look for ways they can fit a little of it into their lives, if only as a dream.
When I started this blog in November 2010, I knew I longed for silence, solitude and simplicity and sometimes to be alone, and that I wanted to write about it. Now, moving toward the two year mark, I find that I am not only longing for the 3S’s, but am trying more and more to cradle my life in them.
I’m also aware that not everyone is looking for silence, solitude and simplicity as a way of life. Their lives are in full, active, immersion mode—family, jobs, vacations, volunteer work. They are happy to be there, but in their busyness, they long for more of the 3S’s and look for ways they can fit a little of it into their lives, if only as a dream.
When I started this blog in November 2010, I knew I longed for silence, solitude and simplicity and sometimes to be alone, and that I wanted to write about it. Now, moving toward the two year mark, I find that I am not only longing for the 3S’s, but am trying more and more to cradle my life in them.