Why Solitude Promotes Greatness - The Benefits of Being Alone

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Four years ago I cared for my dying mother for 7 months. While gone caring for my mother my wife decided to cheat. This was during the COVID shutdown. Once my mother died the very next day my wife asked for a divorce. I divorced her and moved 1500 miles away into a small cabin I bought in the forests of Missouri. The solitude gave me peace of mind and an understanding of myself and my worth. After three years I joined a small country church with less than 25 people in attendance. I spent Sundays and Wednesday evenings in social discourse with the members of the church but maintained solitude in my home. I have never been more a peace with myself and the world in general.

"I only go out into society to get me a fresh appetite for being alone." -- Lord Byron

Periods of solitude allow you to reset yourself and digest your experiences.

I have adopted a minimalistic, solitary life and I have never felt more whole and happy.

"Not everyone who is alone is lonely" I would add that not everyone who is lonely is alone. One can drown in others without any positive connection to any of them.

Everyone has 3 faces. One they show the world, one they show the ones they love, and one only themselves see.

"Hell is other people," is a such a sober realization about the influencial power that people pin against each other.

There's an old joke that "Whoever says money can't buy happiness isn't spending it right." In the same spirit, I would say that anybody who doesn't love solitude isn't spending it right. 😅

As an artist, solitude is as priceless as time…

I never invisioned being a great man. I realized quite young that I neither had the ego nor the humility. All I have ever wanted was to be left to myself.

“If you are never alone, you cannot know yourself.” ~ Paulo Coelho

I love being alone. It’s never ever lonely. It’s rejuvenating and enthralling.

I love my solitude. Actively embrace it. I can think, create and breathe. Never lonely as i enjoy being alone

Solitude transformed me in ways that other people, including therapists and relatives, never could. All I had to do for two years during this pandemic was "look in the mirror" and listen to the voice that guides me, my conscience, about what I really want in life and act even if just 1% of it. As Camus quotes: "Moving forward , just moving forward, is already a superhuman achievement"

Solitude is the only way to avoid group thinking and behavior ❤

14:15 "When other people are not present, most of us stare at screens to distract ourselves" hey, wait a minute

I don't have a lot of friends anymore. I've always been a bit reclusive, but I spent a great portion of my 20s being very social and I regret most of it. Most social interactions these days revolve around binge drinking and doing drugs. Since I quit drinking and I don't do any drugs, I find most social gatherings totally inane and quite boring.

Retirement was flat-out the best thing I ever did. In winter I often go for days at a time without ever opening my door.

Independent life and solitude. These days of insanity have given me an even deeper gratitude of my quiet choice. Listen, read, and create as I choose. It’s a personal perspective.