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Daily Question, July 26

What might be some “gifts” I have received in solitude?

  • shubhi

    Insight. critical thinking. introspection. realisation.

  • Varsha

    I solitude, I often get new perspective for all things normal in my life. But the best gift would be that I usually am just extremely happy when in solitude after a busy day/week.

  • Drew Blanton

    Peace and deep thinking.

  • Mica

    I live alone, except for my guinea pig, and I receive lots of spiritual gifts.

  • Don Jones

    My best creative spirit emerges when I am alone.

  • sb
    My immediate thought is "healing" - after my biggest life challenge, I didn't want to be with people, I went for endless solitary walks, being healed by nature, enjoying solitude, safety, having time to think, rebalance, understand, become calm, find some inner peace, learn to love myself a bit more.... In better times, solitude still gives me time to think, evaluate, decide, come to terms with things...Also just to enjoy my solitude - often outside so I can delight in the beauty of nature and ...

    My immediate thought is “healing” – after my biggest life challenge, I didn’t want to be with people, I went for endless solitary walks, being healed by nature, enjoying solitude, safety, having time to think, rebalance, understand, become calm, find some inner peace, learn to love myself a bit more….
    In better times, solitude still gives me time to think, evaluate, decide, come to terms with things…Also just to enjoy my solitude – often outside so I can delight in the beauty of nature and consider my tiny place in the scheme of things. And, in the evening, in my lovely, hot bubbly bath, I find sheer comfort, warmth and (in the most innocent way!) great physical pleasure.

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  • KC

    inner peace …

  • Luisa Garrido

    Inner peace and independence. To allow myself to feel new things, to understand that nothing and no one last forever but the love.

  • Lauryn

    Clarity and peace.

  • Pilgrim

    New or good ideas or solutions seem to often arise in solitude. Also sometimes a through-way to something that has been puzzling me, remembering a name I have forgotten (such as a name of a bird, butterfly or plant, a phrase or song, etc.). If I am walking outside in solitude, especially among trees or near water, it is a gift to realize my breathing and anxiety have slowed down.

  • BasicMarsh

    Solitude itself is a gift. I’ve received many gifts from and through solitude – the most significant is the quiet realization I needed to change my vocation.

  • Nelson

    I oftentimes can catch my breathe and slow down when I’m in solitude. Relax. Meditate. During such times, I think about my grandmother. Last May would have marked 20 years since her passing. I have a tattoo of an angel in her honor. I wonder what she thinks, looking down from heaven to see the man I’ve grown up to be. Feeling that warmth and connection and love for me – those are all gifts I’m present to.

  • Howie Geib
    I don’t know about any of you, but I can’t help read this as if the word gifts has air quotes LOL…”So, what might be some of these so-called ‘gifts’ you have received in solitude?” Solitude, true, actual solitude, is indisputably holy ground in my experience. You come face to face with the truths and forced to stare at them. The most precious fruit borne of my times of solitude has been a decent capacity for accurate self appraisal. This one skill has brought so much value. For on...

    I don’t know about any of you, but I can’t help read this as if the word gifts has air quotes LOL…”So, what might be some of these so-called ‘gifts’ you have received in solitude?”

    Solitude, true, actual solitude, is indisputably holy ground in my experience. You come face to face with the truths and forced to stare at them. The most precious fruit borne of my times of solitude has been a decent capacity for accurate self appraisal. This one skill has brought so much value. For once you can be true to yourself, and more importantly Willing to be so, you discover the essence of liberation.

    It is the place I am introduced to the shadow, and bear it. Once this has been mastered even a little…then…the true work can begin.

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  • DeVonna

    I have received the gift of personal strength, determination, resolve and flexability in solitude. When I’ve had no one to help me, I’ve relied on my own strength and my relationship with God.

  • Patricia

    Peace. Delight and amazement in being alive, being in a body and having senses – and cherishing what I notice and feel through those senses….

  • Mary Pat

    It is my favorite “place”. It brings me in contact, deeply, with what I call My Soul. The Great Knowing. Agape Love. Oracle. Spirit. God. Sophia. Unconditional Love. Perfect Peace. Wisdom. Epiphany. So many names, but all the same to me, personally. That Speck of the Divine in each of us, if we choose to connect to it. And that is the gift…

  • Samuel
    Solitude is an unwelcome, unnatural state for me. I have always craved the companionship that for 53 years I had with my late wife. Living alone has necessitated that I get better at practicing endurance of isolation and loneliness. It has sharpened my sense of gratitude to recognize and not take for granted those good things that do still cross my path. It has increased my appreciation of and love for my church family and my many friends, and brought me closer to my God. I am beginning to reali...

    Solitude is an unwelcome, unnatural state for me. I have always craved the companionship that for 53 years I had with my late wife. Living alone has necessitated that I get better at practicing endurance of isolation and loneliness. It has sharpened my sense of gratitude to recognize and not take for granted those good things that do still cross my path. It has increased my appreciation of and love for my church family and my many friends, and brought me closer to my God. I am beginning to realize that it is no more than yet another phase of my life, albeit an unwelcome one, to be dealt with and mastered with God’s help and guidance according to His will and plan…

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    • Michele

      Your heartfelt reflection resonates with me. Although I only had 6 yrs with my ex there is something to be said for having someone with you for companionship and love. It’s hard staying present when some memories of the past are so strong. Love and peace to you Samuel.

      • Samuel

        Thank you , Michele, for sharing and caring. I recently saw a Meme to the effect that “the hardest thing one will ever have to do is to grieve the loss of someone still alive.” I imagine that must be what divorce would be like, and it has given me yet another new appreciation of our human need for companionship. Much love back to you…

    • Butterfly

      It’s a huge adjustment for you to have to make, Samuel. I hope, in time, you will be able to find peace in solitude rather than loneliness ❤️

      • Samuel

        Thank you, Butterfly, for your kind words and thoughts. It’s really all the folks, like you, who care for and about me that continue to make life worth the living. I may be alone, but I’ve never been abandoned… 🤗❤️🙏🏻

  • Mike S

    In solitude I can start emptying my mind and come into a sense of peace and deeper relaxation.

  • Amber Wright

    The gift of being able to re-center myself. Receiving from nature such as the beautiful comforting songs that the birds all sing. I receive the gift of gratitude to all those that have come before me & all they have done to pave the way. I also receive the gift of appreciating my purpose in life and recognizing its rich value.

  • SK

    Self-awareness, mindfulness, sitting in reverent solitude with myself and loving it.. In a way, I “got back to basics’- reading, reflecting, gleaning and cleaning out the junk of life. I came to some epiphanies about who I am and what allows me to thrive.

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