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FirstLight

(15,551 posts)
Sat Mar 29, 2025, 01:40 PM Mar 2025

The Blessing of "Aloneness" ... [View all]

I don't think I have ever lived truly alone before. I went from living in my parents' house, to living with my first husband, my sister, then having a baby, and on and on... My kids grew up a couple years ago, but then I had that crazy beyotch in my house. LOL

So I am actually discovering my own tides and needs. How I really *do* like no noise in the house. No TV in the bacikground, and often no music unless I am working on someth8ing that needs ADHD focus. Otherwise, just listening to my own breathing and the birds outside is music...
Nobody opening doors or making mme jump by slamming stuff around or cursing and making the air feel toxic.

I can drum when I get up, and before bed. I can take a bath with the door open and candles burning. I can eat whenever and whatever I want. I can listen to my SELF in a way I have never had the joy or freedom to do.

This is not lonliness, far from it. It's loving my aloneness, and being WITH and IN myself.
I'm so fucking grateful for this time in my life...

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The Blessing of "Aloneness" ... [View all] FirstLight Mar 2025 OP
Oh you are gonna fit right in dweller Mar 2025 #1
perfect!! ;) FirstLight Mar 2025 #3
Solitude is a blessing for many of us cyclonefence Mar 2025 #2
I realize I used to spend HOURS in the forest alone as a child!!! It's always been my happy place FirstLight Mar 2025 #4
Oh the memories you have evoked! cyclonefence Mar 2025 #6
Night roaming...lol FirstLight Mar 2025 #8
Wonderful--we were fortunate kids n/t cyclonefence Mar 2025 #9
Yay....well said !!!!! Karadeniz Mar 2025 #5
I am glad for you. OldBaldy1701E Mar 2025 #7
I can't imagine what that must feel like cyclonefence Mar 2025 #10
Of course I understand. OldBaldy1701E Mar 2025 #11
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