I love this video. I think her poem is melodic and the ideas are beautiful. (I like her slight accent--Canadian, I think?) I am very, very rarely alone now days, of course. But I love doing things by myself. I love being outside by myself--hiking, birdwatching, reading, sitting. I like eating lunch out by myself. I like being home by myself. I like talking to myself. I like to get to know myself..."if you're happy in your head, then solitude is blessed and alone is okay." I've never been one to crave a lot of attention or feel incomplete without the company of others. It's not that I don't love the company of my husband and baby, but I have always cherished and fiercely guarded my alone time. Some of my favorite experiences were before I married Jordan, when I had more freedom to go wherever and do whatever I pleased. When I am alone I am more creative, inspired, motivated, and peaceful. Now that kind of time is rare, and will be for a long, long time, and that's ok. It just makes me appreciate it all the more.
What do you think? Is it beautiful and happy, or depressing?
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i saw this video about a week ago and fell in heart
Wow. I'm torn between this being happy or depressing. Parts are one, parts the other. But true that, what you wrote about you never craving attention or needing the company of others. Even as a toddler then through your high school years, you have always been independent, self-motivated, self-secure, taking company when offered but not necessarily seeking it out. This is a gorgeous post, Ash. I love the genuine and raw feelings that you share with your words.
(I'm going with Canadian, too. "Koom-pany" {company} sure sounds Canadian to me.)
Beautiful.
I savor my alone time more now than before I was married and had kids. I love being by myself when Addison is asleep in the car seat. (I know that I am not really alone, but I can be alone with my thoughts without the constant interuption of a curious three year old.) I love the few minutes alone in the shower. I never realized how lovely silence was until it was few and far between.
I hope all that made sense.
Thanks for sharing this video, Ashley. It is beautiful. It's true that you can really find yourself when you're alone. I enjoyed the months I spent alone in France. But all that alone time also made me appreciate the time I get to spend with loved ones.
I never realized it before, but I do everything to avoid being alone! Wow! I'm going to make it a point to do something by myself!
Hmmm, I didn't think that was depressing at all! Probably because I have lived alone for several years now and really related to the video. I actually go to movies alone sometimes (but not brave enough to go to a restaurant alone! - plus, I like cooking for myself). I definitely enjoy the freedom that comes with living alone. A lot of my friends live alone and I think some can handle it better than others. I think some people maybe *need* to live with others (perhaps those who are more extroverted), but I have always enjoyed living alone/being by myself.
I think it was beautiful. I love spending time with my friends and family, but I also love the times I can be alone and do whatever I want. Sometimes I paint, or read, or just sit and think about silly things. I think the poems message that it's ok to be alone is an important idea in a society where people always seem to be together but completely disconnected from themselves and others emotionally.
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