Loneliness is a place from which we pay real attention to the voices other than our own. Being alone allows us to find the healing power in the other. The shortest line of an email can heal, embolden, welcome home and enliven the most isolated identity. Lonely human beings are lonely because they are made to belong. Loneliness is the single malt taste of a very essentiality that makes conscious belonging possible.
The doorway is closer than we think. I am alone – therefore I belong.
Peasant Women Dancing by a Lake by Akseli Gallen Kallela 
Everything is going to be alright – Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Neon 
The courtyard of the National Gallery of Ireland
From: Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words by David Whyte
Genre: Non-fiction, Spirituality, Philosophy
Rating: 3.5 stars
*Contains no spoilers
In this slim and elegant volume of philosophy and inspiration, writer David Whyte tackles the big topics and words that rarely get any airtime in our society, the kinds of things that haunt people but that are difficult to resolve and so are pushed under the rug. Read full review
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