tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23686323.post1297832972111362711..comments2023-08-24T09:54:33.625-05:00Comments on Sojourner in the 21st Century: SolitudeAlexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08862537791913076190noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23686323.post-87504133826219446812007-11-26T13:06:00.000-06:002007-11-26T13:06:00.000-06:00*One of the things that's most gratifying to me ab...*One of the things that's most gratifying to me about SITC is the self-revelation, self exploring.... for me, yr blog is more intimate than the conversations we've had in person, however deep our face-to-face has been. ALSO the questions,new informations, some of which engage my mind/heart for days. It never occurred to me that it's "confessional", although I realize some people use the word to mean talking about oneself or one's own feelings, secret or not. <BR/>* I wildly disagree with the "lonely" reading... that lonely is a call to action, a state of stagnation, etc.... or that all paths lead away from loneliness... at least that's not been my own experience. For me, lonely has often flowered into deeper experience/knowledge of Self. Lonely has opened me to more fulfilling personal relationships- leaving behind the social swirls that leave me feeling lonely in the first place. Lonely is not neccessarily "alone", of course- implicit in yr post, I think, or am I reading that in from my ownself? It's funny-odd to me that we often feel guilty for feeling lonely- as if it's a failing, a debility, rather than a simple human feeling! <BR/>* I LOVE the expression "gentle boldness". I aspire to that.<BR/>*"looking for", eyes on the horizon, sometimes means we don't see what's before our very eyes.... as in "try to pick up that glass.... no no, don't pick it up, TRY to pick it up...."<BR/>I wonder, too, what does yr tribe look like in yr mind's/heart's eye? What are they doing? How do they relate? I'd really like to hear more about that. <BR/>LOVE, Dear Friend.... and Thankyou for SITC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23686323.post-2862530225368842992007-11-26T11:16:00.000-06:002007-11-26T11:16:00.000-06:00I hear you ...I sometimes feel lonely, too, whethe...I hear you ...<BR/><BR/>I sometimes feel lonely, too, whether in a physical place by myself, or on a busy street, driving in my car, or in the presence of one or more persons I know and love (except in those moments, I might not feel particularly known or loving/loved).googalicioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16621681767129024742noreply@blogger.com