I think that I cannot preserve my health and spirits, unless I spend four hours a day at least, and it is commonly more than that, sauntering through the woods and over the hills and fields, absolu…
Source: Solitude. A Photographic Journey.
The photographs are wonderful and a quote accompanies each speaking to the essential nature of spending time with our self. It is in reflective moments that we spend in solitude that we rediscover who we are in trying to make our self whole.
The Hasidic scholar, educator, political activist, and philosopher Martin Buber said “solitude is the place of purification.” Through dialogue with our self, others, and the world, we grow to understand who we are and our place in the world in relationship to others.
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Thank you.
If we cannot be with ourselves, how will we ever face death?
That is a truely powerful question.
This is the place of transformation. Thank you Ivon 💛
You are welcome Val. It is in quiet we find opportunities to transform and move beyond who we are and what we do.
The pictures give a real sense of solitude in all that space but not of loneliness.
Hugs
They do. Hugs back.
Not may understand the need for solitude.Find it wherever you can.
We can even find it in the busiest of situations.