Solitude: an aloneness within yourself. Even though people surround you, there is always that place within yourself that allows you to escape from the world. It is the safe place we run to when we must separate ourselves from this present life.

When chosen on your own accord, feels comforting. You devolve into another world, one unseen by mortal eyes. Many call it a fantasy, but it is actually the reality of your spirit that dwells there. It is there that we are who we truly are, in spirit. The nobleness, as well as it's terror, unfurls in that magical retreat. It is a place to meet angels...or demons...lost friends and family...realize passions...and confront your worst fears. When disciplined, becomes the testing ground for decisions that need to be made and paths to be chosen.

The curse begins when that solitude becomes isolation. It is when forces beyond your control force you to remain alone for a period of time. Aloneness becomes loneliness and a prison instead of freedom. But even in that prison, there is yet a deeper solitude that frees you further within yourself. No man can truly possess the will or soul of a person. Each one of us still holds the power to choose how we will grasp that freedom.

Too often in loneliness, we fall into resentment, anger, bitterness....even hatred....for others and ourselves. Those are the very things that strengthen the bars of our prison. In those moments, calm your spirit and find that quietness within yourself. Search for the peace that is eternally in your soul than no mortal nor spirit can ever touch. Travel the depths of your mind and rest there until you can touch the world again.

Refuge exists deep inside you. Search it out and find it. The journey is well worth it for the treasure that you will possess when having discovered it.

Rest well, my friends. ^^V^^

~Dominic Angelus~