“Solitude.” That’s it.
“Solitude is a great companion that enables you to, meet you and helps you understand thyself so well.”
Most people confuse between solitude and loneliness. They both are two different things. Loneliness makes you feel alone, and it’s a self destructor. Solitude, on the other hand, won’t make you feel alone and helps you in self awareness.
Solitude is a way of finding the real you. It enables us to rejuvenate our internal energy and power. It frees us from a weak mindset. Solitude is all about spending time alone to contemplate and understand thyself better. It gives you time to think and judge about thyself. It frees you from others' judgement.
“I think it’s very healthy to spend time alone. You need to know how to be alone and not be defined by another person.” – Oscar Wilde.
Solitude transforms your mind into a powerful machine that can do wonders. Most people spend time alone to take important decisions and these decisions are more effective.
Once you understand the power of solitude, you will keep taking the companionship of it again and again as it is so good at making oneself a better person. It has such transformation power.
“The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude. ”— Aldous Huxley
The world is becoming so fast at different things. Living in such a world, where there is lot of confusion isn’t easy. You need to cope up with different things in everyday life. You need to face so many challenges. So you won’t have anytime for self understanding or self care. Therefore, there is the necessity of solitude, that helps you spend time with yourself and drive your life in a proper way.
Otherwise you will feel irritation and uneven life, most of the time. To prevent this kind of situation, you need best companionship and that’s Solitude.
“I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time. To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome and dissipating. I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.” — Henry David Thoreau
Solitude helps you build a positive and strong mind. It helps you provide yourself a wonderful company.
You can use Solitude in self awareness, self understanding, inner searching, and inner engineering. This helps you enjoy the nature around you and helps you unleash your creativity.
“I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity. — Albert Einstein”
If you can have solitude as a companion, you can consider yourself as strong. You don’t need anybody to depend on anything. You are independent and you know how to live well alone and this makes you more powerful person on the planet.
“Whosoever is delighted in solitude, is either a wild beast or a god.” — Aristotle
Solitude helps you in taking some important decisions. The decisions are so powerful and effective. This gives you time for serious thinking and helps you get some great thoughts and ideas.
“Without great solitude, no serious work is possible.” Pablo Picasso
There are several benefits when you make solitude, your companion.
- Self awareness is possible.
- Self-control can be gained.
- Inner engineering can be done to become a better person.
- Proper decisions can be made easily.
- Gives you time to enjoy thyself.
- It helps you to put your body and mind in one state.
- Gives your mind, time for proper rest.
- Relieves your stress.
- Decreases your anxiety and worry.
- Improves your creativity.
- Helps you get answers to some big questions in your life.
“The best thinking has been done in solitude.” ~ Thomas A. Edison
The ways you can enjoy solitude’s companionship:
- Listen to good music.
- Meditate and breathe.
- Stay alone in a natural place. (Enjoy the nature)
- Don’t use any gadgets, mostly.
- Make sure there are less or no distractions.
- Think about positive things.
- Ignore mental distractions.
“Solitude is a best companion, if you give more attention and care to it.”
