Tag: loneliness
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The Loneliness Intensifies
I heard that phrase tonight. If there is something that scares an extrovert – I think it’s that. Not only is the loneliness scary, but that fact that it can intensify is what gets me. I know a few people that like being alone, but even they can get lonely…
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Restorative Solitude
I’ve written about Loneliness and Solitude before. Lately, I’ve been reading about the restorative power of solitude. Intentional alone time can refresh the body and renew the mind, but we live in a world where we can be on all the time. We have the opportunity to work every hour…
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Your Soul and Sex
I heard a speaker this week give a talk about our sexual identity. I haven’t written much about sexual identity – mainly because I haven’t thought much about it, but this speaker said so many cool things about it. The one idea that I walked away with that I’ve been…
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Loneliness and Solitude
There is a difference between loneliness and solitude. In both cases, there is this sense of being alone, but the attitude and perspective of each is the difference. Loneliness is that sense of being alone that is negative. Loneliness makes you wish that you were with people. Loneliness feels bad.…