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Here's a few quotes about solitude...

"We can cultivate an inner solitude and silence that sets us free from loneliness and fear. Loneliness is inner emptyiness. Solitude is inner fulfillment."

"One who wants fellowship without solitude plunges into the void of words and feelings, and one who seeks solitude without fellowship perishes in the abyss of vanity, self-infatuation, and despair."

"When we speak of ourselves and are filled with ourselves, we leave silence behind. When we repeat the intimate words of God that he has left within us, our silence remains intact."

Pilgramaging St. John of the Cross' Dark Night of the Soul...

"It (dark night of the soul) is an experience to be welcomed much as a sick person might welcome a surgery that promises health and well-being. The purpose of the darkness is not to punish or to afflcit us. It is to set us free."

"The dark night is one of the ways God brings us into a hush, a stillness so that he may work in inner transformation upon the soul."

"Recognize the dark night for what it is. Be grateful that God is lovingly drawing you away from every distraction so that you ccan see him clearly. Rather than chafing and fighting, become still and wait."

It's a reality that permeated my heart yesterday night and echoes again today.

Words that I needed to hear.

Thanks for speaking to me Lord... never stop...

May it find you well,