Getting to Know Yourself Better
I recently read a newspaper article...
... About a man who chose to live out his life alone in a caravan in some remote corner of the world.
You can't help but think what a terribly lonely existence, not having anyone else for company.
The journalist interviewing him, many years into his self-imposed retreat, asked him how he coped with loneliness.
His reply was that because he was at peace with himself, he never felt lonely.
He said that his life was full of joy. He was self-sufficient. And he enjoyed his own company. It wasn't that he disliked being around other people and he hadn't previously experienced anything that made him want to run to the hills.
He just simply wanted to live quietly ... doing his own thing ... and that was what he was doing.
Mark Twain once said: 'The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself'.
There are people who are surrounded by family and friends but who still feel terribly lonely because they are not at peace with themselves.
It makes you realize that you must first befriend yourself ... be at peace with yourself ... love yourself with an open heart ... before you can ever really be at peace with life itself.
So my question today is... How comfortable are you with yourself?
If you're not at peace, what can you do to change it?
How can you become your own best friend?
Take some time out.
Get to know yourself better.
You could really start to like the unique person that you are!
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Labels: inspiration, self-development
by Karl
8:37 PM
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2 Comments:
Glad you posted this! I love, love, LOVE being alone. I adore it. Most people I know think this means that I dislike THEM which couldn't be further from the truth. I just like aloneness MORE. If I had realized this simple truth when I was younger, I'd be living alone in a caravan, too. Now, I just cherish the moments I get to myself and still (usually) enjoy the ones I spend with everyone else!
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Annie Binns, at
1:55 AM
I prefer the alone thing as well. I sort of feel selfish sometimes. I just like my "quiet", in fact, I require it - it leaves me better able to be with others in a meaningful (to me) way. I'd rather spend my time with others being present in body AND mind. If I don't have my me time I'm usually just there in body only.
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DaleK, at
11:55 AM
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