I think, if you have enough inner resources, then you can live in isolation for long periods of time and not feel diminished by it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
If you want to end your isolation, you must be honest about what you want at a core level and decide to go after it.
It's only when you're alone that you realize where you are. You have nothing to fall back on except your own resources.
The way I spend my time is very isolated and cut off.
Probably nothing serious or worthwhile can be accomplished without one's willingness to be alone for sustained periods of time, which is not to say that one must live alone, obsessively.
I live with the people I create and it has always made my essential loneliness less keen.
Isolation is a self-defeating dream.
Isolation doesn't bother me at all. It gives me a sense of security.
There's a difference between solitude and loneliness. I can understand the concept of being a monk for a while.
I try to factor solitude into my life because more and more, that's becoming a very precious and rare commodity.
You need a balance in life between dealing with what's going on inside and not being so absorbed in yourself that it takes over.
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