Group 7th september

You know I just realised that when the house is quiet and the only sounds are those of my footfall as I potter from room to room or the sound of my breathing as I climb the stairs, or the sounds of life stirring outside my walls and windows; I do not feel either alone or lonely in these quiet moments-rather I am aware of the stillness, the silence, my movement in time and space.
It is often in the bussle of town or an evening spent in a crowded bar/club or when I try to fill the silence with the sounds of the radio/TV as I'm not ready to accept the silence that I feel a lonliness decend upon me. It's alomst as if in trying to avoid the silence or stillness or aloneness that I begin to feel lonely and then become sad.
I am beginning to realise that there is much more in silence than I had first considered, the opporutnity to communicate with your self to observe your thoughts, to acknowledge your feelings and experiences without judgment, to extend your compassion to your self........so the quote below seems to resonate with this awareness that has come today. You cannot feel lonely for long in the presence of your self.

Ciao Jojo