Great thought of the "vaction with myself," Blueberry. All the demands of life sure make a lot of noise. And for me a lot of noise also comes from inside.
My mentor often talks of the need to "stop the chatter" in our minds. One way I find to do this is to spend some time alone. Right now I have to drive about an hour to my job. I used to hate it and dreaded it like a toothache. About six months ago, I decided to turn it into a positive. So I never turn on the radio and try to use the time to think. It's not really solitude, because I still have to drive (me and 10,000 of my friends cruising along). But I do find that it helps me to think. And it's a lot less stressful than jumping from radio station to radio station trying to get a traffic report. This is one way I've learned that time alone can be very beneficial.
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