Distractions are all around us.

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Our phones, computers, music, food, and so much more.

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They all here to take us out of the present moment.

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To keep us company when we're alone.

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Giving us something else to focus on so we don't have to feel so alone.

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Covering that feeling of loneliness up with noise.

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Yet it is still there.

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Perhaps we can find a better way to be alone.

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Being by ourselves does not have to be lonely.

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It does not have to be a place where we look for distraction.

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We just have to be willing to feel what we are truly feeling in the moment.

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Not to cover it up with endless scrolling or mindless entertainment.

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When we are with ourselves, and no one else, it is actually a great opportunity.

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Not a curse.

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It is an opportunity to examine our inner landscape.

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Creating a map to our inner world that we can use for deep exploration.

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This is something that is hard to do when others are around.

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So the gift of being alone is that it gives us the freedom to explore ourselves.

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Explore what is truly going on inside of us.

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As scary as that might sound, it is something that will serve us for a lifetime.

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Something that will help us when we are not alone.

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For when we know ourselves that much better, we know others better.

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We know how to show up and be more authentic.

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More real.

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And even more true to ourselves.

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Without spending time with ourselves and without the distractions, how can we truly know ourselves?

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There might be pain and anguish just below the surface.

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Ignoring it does not make it go away.

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The only way forward is to recognize it and allow it to move through us.

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As uncomfortable as that may be.

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Distractions only prolong the inevitable.

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Being by ourselves gives us the gift we need to move through whatever feelings are challenging us.

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Whatever emotions want to be felt.

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It lets us be free to cry, howl, laugh, or express anything our bodies need to express.

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Without concern of what someone else might think of us.

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Yes, it can be hard.

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And it can be uncomfortable.

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Yet if we can see it as the gift it is for us, it can serve us in so many ways.

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Just because we are alone does not mean there is nothing to do.

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It does not mean we have to feel lonely.

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The opportunity to be with ourselves on a deep level is one to be cherished.

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Perhaps looking at being alone this way can make us desire the distractions a little less?

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Can you see being alone in a different light?

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~ Sam Liebowitz, The Conscious Consultant

Host of The Conscious Consultant Hour