solitude

Somehow I managed to lose all my text for this post before it was published. Since I have work to attend to, I’ll make a fast summary. 

• St. John of the Cross soars ever farther from my understanding, yet I hesitate to stop reading because it is so sublime.
• A fairly large pile of firewood is outside waiting to be stacked somewhere. Soon, before the weather turns.
• My walk to an isolated beach was a bit arduous for me on a hot day, but will worth it.
• I saw a merganser, who stayed far off from me. And a dragonfly who hovered close by all the while I was there.
• Being alone there in a quiet place was very calming to me. 

Solitude is considered by many spiritual authors to be a great away to find God. I have always felt defective for liking solitude. Only now that I am in my seventies do I accept the fact that liking to spend time alone is not a social or family crime. Yet negative thought habits are so hard to correct. 

Thy will be done! Lord have mercy.