Solitude . . .

Early Morning Moon January 2022

“I live in that solitude which is painful in youth but delicious in the years of maturity.”     - Albert Einstein
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I wake to the moon piercing through layers of clouds. I snuggle down deeper under the covers and look out over the city lights from the warmth of my bed.

The loveliness of quiet solitude fills my days since flying home from work mid January. Friendship and Grandma-Duty activities occasionally sweeten the silence with the beauty of my little community. And time is passing with a blissful slowness that lends to the feeling that flying back to work at the end of February is in the far off distance on the calendar.
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Resting is not an easy state-of-being for me. By nature I am a go, go and getter done individual. If my body is not in motion, my mind is on and in gear creating and writing and goal setting. But, I am learning the value of simply embracing peaceful moments for these pockets of time rejuvenate and, truly, lend toward greater productivity in the end.

Last year was a blur of flights and training and work. This year, I’ve six months off intermittent with my work schedule. And I am excited at the possibilities that lie ahead for I am discovering that, “rest is not a luxury you earn when you are finished with creative work, It's a discipline you cultivate to make you more creative.”                                                                                                                         - John Spencer

                                  Welcome 2022 . . . life is good.

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