Need for the solitude

Solitude is the glory of being alone whereas loneliness is its misery. Some people find it difficult to understand, this pure distinction of solitude from loneliness. I face this trouble all the time when I have to explain my friends about my absence on certain occasions.

     It took me some time to realize that i was an introvert. I've always had lot of friends, i could make new friends easily if i choose to and converse at ease with strangers and among my clique of friends i was considered cheerful and funny and all the rest of the qualities of an outgoing personality. But i knew something was not in harmony every time i needed  a break from people after all those good times spent laughing and talking.

  Solitude is something vital for me. It is the time I recharge myself, find some peace and insight and talk to myself and see if I am doing fine. Nothing can bring me more joy than some time alone and nothing can make me more irritable than having no escape from people for a longer period.

  My friends get upset when i have to say i won't be coming tomorrow even though we had an excellent time today. And it's so difficult for me to give a good explanation. The whole idea of being solitary sounds little too fascinating or too good to be true. I suppose that's why Aristotle once quoted "whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god"

Happy Childhood

Happy Children's Day!!!!

For all those who are still young and fortunate enough to be called a "child" and for all those who do not fulfil the definition of a child but still very much like to be one, i wish you a happy children's day...Me, i am always grateful for my parents for giving me the best childhood they were capable of. Happy childhood with lots of beautiful memories is something you cannot "buy" afterwards. 

Do children nowadays experience an awesome childhood like we did, about 10-15 years ago?

I wonder...when i think of my childhood, i remember cooking outside in little pots, hunting down  a treasure which was hidden few hours ago by ourselves, making up most awesome life stories imaginable and acting them out, running everywhere crying with top of our lungs, me and my friends, we were doing all these things until we were about 15!!! I remember the sweaty uniforms and dishevelled hair after the school interval and bruised knees and bleeding elbows. It was heaven. We didn't even have time to worry about boys or our looks or anything. 

   But today everything has changed,, everything or most of it, i should say. I don't want to find out the reasons just now but i think our kids deserve something better.