"Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet confinement of your aloneness to learn anything..." - David Whyte

🌙 Solitude

“Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet confinement of your aloneness to learn anything or anyone that does not bring you alive is too small for you”

— David Whyte

Sweet aloneness teaches what truly brings us alive.

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