It (independence) shows itself in many different forms. Sometimes its the two year old in us just stretching to be able to reach that next milestone. Maybe in eighth grade you don't want to have to ask your parents permission anymore. Maybe when you are a senior in high school you think you are practically an adult and can do whatever you want. Maybe you are a college student across the country creating your own life. But maybe you never have to find that independence- and maybe you never need that independence. Maybe you are always able to find someone or something to depend your life on that always fulfills your independent needs. But I doubt that.
That independence that we all seem to find is accompanied by solitude--At least at first.
It seems that thoughts are the greatest destruction of mankind. Thoughts lead to actions. Actions are either performed by you, or performed on you. That being said, actions that destroy mankind start with one's thoughts. Your response to those two type of reactions is what makes you independent. Your interaction with the things that happen to you, how you respond and what you change are the things that set you apart from the rest of the humans that walk around on this earth. Those actions are what distinguish your independence from that of other people around you.
Thoughts dictate our actions.Our actions dictate who we are. Who we are is going to dictate who we become. Thus, our thoughts dictate who we become.
Who we are and who we become is the very foundation of our serenity in solitude.
Our thoughts are the heart of solitude and finding peace within it. It's hard to be alone. It's hard to not have a connection with anyone. It's hard to question everything that you've ever known because the past has left you weary. You are suddenly left with one thing.
Yourself.
Alone.
There is one thing that accompanies them: their thoughts. And remember, our thoughts control who we become. Solitude is being left alone with our thoughts and being comfortable. Our thoughts have the potential to cause the greatest good--Our thoughts have the potential to be the greatest gift. It is our responsibility to make sure that our thoughts stay in the best place possible. It is our responsibility to make sure that we are managing who we become. To do that, our thoughts need to be in a place that is going to lead us to being a better person. Our solitude determines the quality of the person that we are going to become.
Each one of us has to learn to be comfortable with who we are and what we have done with our lives.
To be able to be comfortable with our solitude, we have to be comfortable with our thoughts. That being said, how does one control where our thoughts go? What we surround ourselves with is what dictates our thoughts.
If what we surround ourselves with dictates our thoughts, and our thoughts dictate our actions, and our actions dictate who we are, and if who we are dictates
We have to be comfortable with ourselves. Solitude gives us the greatest opportunities to study out in our minds the things that could change the world. Solitude allows us to be alone for the rest of our lives comfortably. But-
We should not be content with solitude, but we should be content in solitude.
Solitude will give us our greatest serenity.
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