ALONENESS; A STREAM OF THOUGHT // BY SOPHIE

Feeling alone kinda sucks, right?

Human beings have this thing where they seem to believe that they are the only individual capable of their own specific feelings. Which I guess, in a way is true. Your thoughts are of course personal to you, and it may be rare that you come across somebody that shares your every brain wave (very unlikely when put like that actually.)

I suppose there is some beauty in being alone in your thoughts.
You have to learn how to be comfortable within your own head, because ultimately, that's who you're stuck with most of the time.
Finding comfort in being alone is so important. People (now especially) are rarely left entirely with their own thoughts; social media and texting and skyping and all these crazy modern things that have been invented in order to 'keep us all connected' are great, don't get me wrong. But it's funny that somehow being alone has been built up into something that isn't really accepted.

Being left alone with your own thoughts and own self is oddly daunting, at least to me. I continue to catch myself wondering whether I am truly comfortable with my own stream of consciousness (the answer to that question quite often being no, but hey- we're all working hard here.)

I think that it's important to learn to listen to your thoughts and truly feel in tune with your own emotions so that you can learn to manage them and understand them properly. I'm reading great book at the moment called 'The Power of Now' by Eckhart Tolle (I'm sure that you've heard of it) and although I do not completely agree with every statement that is made within it, I really do find it extraordinarily interesting learning about finding peace and comfort within yourself, and recognising when your mind is working with you, and when it is working against you. Something that I like to remind myself of often, is that I am in control of my own mind. I suppose that sounds pretty simple when written down like that, but it's definitely something that is easy to forget.

Take charge of your feelings people, and direct them towards happiness and light.
It's totally possible to be comfortable alone, always remember that.

I hope that you're all feeling magical,

Sophie xxx