Submitted by ziq in TOTALDESERTION (edited )
Remember
It doesn't need to be like this
You get to be completely you
Uninfluenced by other people's needs and neurosis
You don't have to spend half your energy making them feel good
And then you're left with brain power to dedicate to creative outlets
Things you'd never have time for if you had to maintain friendships
Maintaining relationships with others and paying attention to their needs detracts from your ability to take care of you
You've been conditioned by society to think you're a failure if you don't have all the things they say say you ought to have
Things they say you need to be whole
But that's so limiting
There's so much value in solitude
Wildly creative people often embrace solitude
Needing to tune out to tune in
It's why so many big thinkers have needed to be hermits
The only way they can reach that level of understanding is to cut off all those external voices
All the people trying to influence them, drowning out their own thoughts
Cut them off to hear the self
And eventually hear the whole universe through the mind's eye
Most people are incredibly draining to be around because they don't know how to be alone
They constantly feed off other people's attention
They need to be constantly distracted by them
Entertained by them
And they can never grow really
Because they never really tune into their own voice
It's so important in this short life to know how to be you
I made peace with it a long time ago
Looking up at the dark night sky
Understanding the value of solitude
kin wrote
It's better to befriend a tree or a rock than a human these days... And if you ask the average urban dweller they are terrified of being alone or in silence, I never understood that I feel restored and enjoy my time alone..
I won't say that I don't enjoy having friends or loved ones, I really need human contact buy it's not on daily basis