The THPL journey teaches us a lot. Some of it about the activities we are pursuing, some about the community we are part of, some about techniques, ideas, and best practices. Maybe, though, the most important thing that we learn about is ourselves. We push hard and “stuff” just surfaces (good and bad). And this should not be surprising as the THPL journey is about us becoming better versions of ourselves. Yet, even though spending time alone is an obvious part of our THPL journey, we might need to be more diligent about how to make for time alone a dig deeper into who we are, and how we live, and what we are to become. A key part of doing this is to spend time alone, with a serious intent, to think, reflect, assess, explore who we are and how we are doing. It is difficult, if not impossible, to get to increasing levels of personal fulfillment without real worthwhile time alone. The more we do it, the more we enjoy it and appreciate the time alone. It becomes our refuge, our happy place, our platform. So, let’s make sure to make time to be alone so that we can fuel the machine and get at our real potential. A more exciting time we could not spend…..

Loving life when I am spending time alone.