Gain Back Lost Peace
If you look for it, you will find it
Summer on the East Coast is short, and since I love warm weather, being outdoors, walking, sitting, and contemplating is most precious. It’s one season I look forward to with zeal. I savor each moment I can soak in the brightness and warmth of the sunshine and consider myself lucky if I get a couple of hours out and by myself. This summer has been no different, though the extreme heat makes me cautious but I still prefer to be out in nature.
Life has challenged me, and one of the challenges is time, by myself and for myself. The latter is comparatively easier; once done with my duties, I lock myself in my room and tend to self-care or rest. But the time to be by myself I question. Day in and day out, when your only company is you, you get tired of meeting and talking to yourself. I am sitting on our deck a quiet comfortable space, enjoying my cup of tea, but this strong desire to share the space and time with a loved one keeps nagging at me. There are good friends I meet sometimes, but the presence of a soul that understands you, cares, and comforts you is missed deeply.
I am finding that company in my writing and my writer friends. While enjoying the peace, I am grateful for this time that I can be by myself and do what I have begun to love beyond the want of another. I am sharing my space and…
