Certain springs are tapped only when we are alone. The artist knows he must be alone to create; the musician, to compose; the saint, to pray. But women need solitude in order to find again the true essence of themselves; the firm strand which will be the indispensable center of a whole web of human relationships.”
Now I've been an Australian resident for over 30 years and a citizen for about half that, I decided I'd like to record some tidbits that cross my path from time to time.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Thought for the day
“When one is a stranger to oneself then one is estranged from others, too. If one is out of touch with oneself, then one cannot touch others. Only when one is connected to one’s inner core is one connected to others, I am beginning to discover. And, for me, the core, the inner spring, can be re-found through solitude…
Certain springs are tapped only when we are alone. The artist knows he must be alone to create; the musician, to compose; the saint, to pray. But women need solitude in order to find again the true essence of themselves; the firm strand which will be the indispensable center of a whole web of human relationships.”
Anne Morrow Lindbergh in Gift from the Sea
Certain springs are tapped only when we are alone. The artist knows he must be alone to create; the musician, to compose; the saint, to pray. But women need solitude in order to find again the true essence of themselves; the firm strand which will be the indispensable center of a whole web of human relationships.”
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