How long can you by yourself and not do ANYTHING?

I am trying not to call it "being by myself"...
... rather, it is "being with myself".

There's a huge difference.


Being with myself means I'm spending time getting to know who I am.
I am not alone because there's so much scary stuff about myself to discuss with myself!
The way the world is today, it is a challenge just to be with ourselves and not be tempted to actively find a way to escape ourselves.


So I make it a point to spend time with myself everyday - not doing anything:
No music.
No laptop.
No TV.
No phone.
No books.

Just me and my thoughts... and God.

Because no one is truly alone with themselves.
What is scary is having to see who we really are in those moments of silence,
and then facing God and admitting the awful truth...
It is hard to carry on after that.

But when we really face up to who we are, and gather the courage to reach out to God - for His hand, His strength, His wisdom, His love... all that He offers to us...

... we discover that we aren't really that scary to be "alone" with at all!