I love being alone. I need to be alone---A LOT. But in the last few years, time alone doesn't come the way it used to. Most of the time I'm running around with my head screwed on a bit too tight---or loose, or whatever---and I'm completely oblivious to the fact that a little time alone would make a world of difference, for both my sanity and sense of humor. I've forgotten how to be alone and somewhere along the way I even started to feel guilty about needing it. And when I do get over my guilt and take some time to be alone, I usually end up cleaning the house, catching up on email, or running stupid errands. So when one of the ladies in my Unraveling course shared this video a few months back it brought me to tears. Tears because I've forgotten how wonderful it is to be alone, and also because somewhere between busyness and guilt I've become scared to be alone. Maybe I'm just unpracticed or maybe it's something more, but either way, it's time to stop and relearn how to be alone.
Jessica--
Thank you for the nice comment on Green Bag Lady. Would you please go back and leave your email address? My father is the one who does all the emailing and snail mailing and he likes them all to be in one place.
I would hate for you to miss out on a bag! :)
Teresa (Green Bag Lady)
Posted by: teresa granath | 18 January 2011 at 10:41 AM