I do. I love being surrounded by people too and my animals. But days without people or animals allow me to sink right down to myself. To greet myself. To say Hello and actually hear my thoughts. I have two whole days ahead. Blissfully. Peacefully. Alone. With no work. No people. No music. No TV. No nothing. After a few hours of thinking and fretting, I will cease that too. Soon there will be silence in my brain.
So I was on the beach early this morning. And I was as the only person out there for a good hour.
This beach is actually also a road. So, at any given time, a vehicle can come hurling down behind you.
Growing up on a beach taught me the value of sharing, but the presence of cars, motorbikes, and four wheelers racing around disrupt the tranquility of the beach. However, both walkers and riders coexist, we have to, so we just get on with our chosen motion. Not this morning though. This morning was just for me.
Though I make sure to keep an eye on the beach behind me even in the early morning.
Because it is a legal road, the drivers have to have a driver’s license and are not allowed to drink and drive. That is one good thing at least. I have yet to see a traffic cop out here though. 😂
Not to worry. Kids on bikes are generally not early risers! And this morning, I was all alone. And I look forward to more beach today. The wind was down this morning, too. And we have sunshine. And I have a beanie, an oilskin, and my gumboots. And. I’m good!
Because my foray into creating a new website for us is turning into a cautionary tale, I really need this time to wind back out from wanting to burn the whole metaphorical house right down at the moment. Still no sign of the keys to actually start up my new site.
Not going to dwell. Failures are fodder for the future. (Oo that was good. I need to write that down. I love a good alliteration).
I was beginning to feel like a foolish old woman who tried to get above herself. But I am not old yet…
Have a gorgeous day!
Celi
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40 responses to “Do you Love to Be Alone?”
You have captured such beautiful light. Good morning, Miss C, so lovely to talk to you at the same-ish time of day. Have a peaceful, thoughtful, healing sort of a day, breathe in all that good air, and breathe out the prickly worry. Never fret about the website. We will wait.
Not sure I can wait!! But soon I will drop right out of the thinking at all. That will be nice.
I enjoy being alone sometimes, where others need constant attention.
Beautiful beach!
Yes – that sounds like you. I think your cycling around town gives you that alone confidence. Do you think?
There are other factors too, but I’ve always cycled and prefer it to public transport.
I love being alone too. And I’m so grateful to the dear nun who taught me to read, and love it. Reading has sustained me, my whole life. Just finished a wonderful book about pianists in competition in Japan, but filled with love love love of music and no cutthroat competitiveness. It’s called, Honeybees and Distant Thunder. And it’s a translation. So beautiful written I can hardly believe it.
Your beach is spectacular, soul-stirring, Cecilia. So hard to live in the moment, but it is all we have.
HoneyBees and Distant Thunder – that sounds like a book for me. I will try to find it! Thank you!
like you, I need and value time alone to relax, reflect and recharge. that being said, I love my people and animals too, just need that me time to refresh in between. p.s. you did not try to get ahead of yourself, if you don’t stretch and try new things, learning as you go, you get stagnant and eventually frozen, so I applaud you.
Definitely not frozen! Thank you Beth. Your words fill me with confidence – I needed that today. Take care.
I love those patterns in the sand. The light in the last month has been something extra special…..Enjoy your alone time. I don’t get enough of it right now but a simple walk around the garden or taking a photo or two in the stunning light helps.
Aren’t those patterns lovely! The light is so low. I forget that the sun will hang low in the sky when I go from summer to winter. For some reason it always takes me by surprise. The sunrise this morning was almost smokey.
Our hills here had a very slight mist on them at sunrise, almost imperceptible. Met Service says it is currently 71% humid but only 9C. So much moisture in the air, as it has been all year.
I can’t live without time alone! It’s crucial to my sanity :*) I would love to see your beaches, they look lovely. Out beaches here in Maine are mostly rocky, but beautiful as well. I don’t spend enough time there. Enjoy your alone days!
I love rocky beaches too! Do you have rock pools? It is great to see a kid playing alone right? Just right there in their imagination. Sanity and happy aloneness – sounds perfectly right.
We definitely have tidepools! We live a few miles away from where Rachel Carson did most of her research. I can’t play in tidepools anymore as I walk with a cane, but they are everywhere and very available here.
I too love solitude. It’s when I gather myself together and know once more who I am, and what matters. What a treat for you to have this in such a peaceful place. I hope the tangles of the tech world will find a way to unravel and find the right shape as you step back and find space.
PS Lovely to have you in the same time zone again!
The tangles are escalating but Thank God we still have this space here so we can still be together – it was a close thing.
I too love solitude. WordPress just ate my full response. Wishing you peace.
Oh I hate losing your response. Hopefully we can meet up sometime next week! That way none of your commentary will be lost.
Now that would be a treat. Are you coming to Auckland?
I NEED to be alone. A couple of days of making nice and being social and I have to retreat. Much solace in conversing with my old deaf dog.
I grew up in a big family which I think taught me to find places to hide and be by myself. Talking of old deaf dogs. I hope Ton is OK without me.
Now you know what that saying..it’s so noisy in here, I can’t hear myself think..means. 🙂 Time alone…especially on a wind swept beach listening to just the waves is heaven on earth to me. But not a cold one..lol
I do know that saying. Yes. Funny how I much prefer a cold beach to a hot one. My Irish skin I guess!
Time alone is so special. I love my family, l love being busy and involved with all sorts of things but tranquility in between is wonderful, enjoy while you can, the next busy but happy episode is just around the corner.
For me too! I have the whole horde descending on Saturday. The weather better be good so we can all get out onto the beach!
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The beach is my favourite time and place to be alone. But it’s also good to sometimes share it with special company and a dog.
I was thinking of Boo this morning and TonTon – he would lose his mind with all those sticks to choose from!
I am alone a good portion of the time and I like that. I am pretty outgoing when out and about so will have small chats here and there with folks. I feel content with myself though 90% of the time.
After you mentioned beach driving I began wondering if it is still allowed on our coast. You used to be able to drive up and down as far as you could go before hitting water but I suspect that has changed at this point. Your photos look so much like our coastline- flat, driftwood and sea grass hills. Way up north, just before the Canadian waters there are some lovely rocky coastlines and cliffs though with amazing old growth forests. A few of our indigenous tribes still make that area their home and most of the peninsula is taken up with National forest land so well protected.
I love to have time alone and need it. Honestly people drain me and I need alone time to recharge.
What a peaceful scene, Cecilia. Is this beach anywhere near where you were raised? I love this: “Failures are fodder for the future.”