In my own company

I've spent a lot of time in my own company lately.
It's the nature of retirement for the single in their own home, I guess.
I've experienced great moments of "ah-ha", especially this week.

While listening to a radio program while driving home, I heard something that made me think how lucky I was to be hearing that program.
The gestalt was not what they said, but rather the fact that I was fully engaged in listening, that I was emotionally involved with the story.

Having heard a million complaints about kids watching tv, and people on their phones and how we all need to interact more with people in person and spend more time in nature, not involved in other peoples stories on paper or in media,  my moment of truth was in the fact that a radio program had involved me more than the last 10 family holidays.

So, while I'm not recommending that people spend all their time playing solitaire on the computer or doing crossword puzzles that are easy, I am also NOT going to crap on those out their that are hearing beautiful music or looking at beautiful art, reading great stories or staring out windows daydreaming while NOT interacting in person with other people.

The quality of our lives is not about how many people we have shallow and trite conversations with.  It is not about being seen.  It is about our own internal landscape.