Usually we regard loneliness as an enemy. Heartache is not something we choose to invite in. It’s restless and pregnant and hot with the desire to escape and find something or someone to keep us company.
When we can rest in the middle, we begin to have a nonthreatening relationship with loneliness that completely turns our usual fearful patterns upside down.
FROM: WHEN THINGS FALL APART Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chödrön. Pema Chödrön is an American Tibetan Buddhist and ordained nun. Born 1936 –
REFLECTION:
How do you view loneliness?
What do you do with loneliness – do you welcome it in as a time of deeper reflection – a chance to examine at a greater depth what is really going on? Or do you fill the time trying to find someone or something to avoid the heartache?
How can you sit with and rest with the dragon of loneliness?