Florence April 2019 Most of all, we don’t want to be alone. We may long for some peace and quiet, assaulted as we are by the needs of other people all day. But we don’t want there to be no one for whom we matter. We want somebody to be there.
I need to speak out loud these wise, truthful words of Barbara Cawthorne Crafton, lest I give the impression that we who love silence, solitude, and simplicity want to live completely alone with it . We don’t! We are fully aware that we relish time by ourselves because we have (in no particular order) friends, family, physical resources, interests, and faith that make for a full life. Silence, solitude and simplicity don’t fill a void; rather they provide balance and support our life in community.
I need to speak out loud these wise, truthful words of Barbara Cawthorne Crafton, lest I give the impression that we who love silence, solitude, and simplicity want to live completely alone with it . We don’t! We are fully aware that we relish time by ourselves because we have (in no particular order) friends, family, physical resources, interests, and faith that make for a full life. Silence, solitude and simplicity don’t fill a void; rather they provide balance and support our life in community.