Alone & Quiet

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Alone and when quiet

I open the door

To flashes of inspiration

I have not had before.

And this is why, dear friend,

This is why,

I am happy for those minutes (or hours) every day

When there is just me

And I am alone and quiet

I am alone and quiet.

Alone and when quiet

Is when I hear whispers in my ear

And when I have thoughts and ideas

That I think others may like to hear.

And this is why, dear friend,

This is why,

I am happy for those minutes (or hours) every day

When I am by myself

Alone and quiet

Alone and quiet.

Alone and when quiet

Is when I make sense of the world

And when I am able to think clearly and calmly

About all the things I have read, seen, experienced or heard.

And which is why, dear friend,

Why is why,

I am happy for the space in my day

When I am alone and quiet

When I am alone and quiet.

Alone and when quiet

I have a better chance to see

The truths about my thoughts, feelings, and actions

Which are normally (by ego, habit, blindness, or lack of awareness)

Hidden from me.

And which is why, dear friend,

Which is why,

I am happy for those minutes (or hours) every day

When I am by myself

Alone and quiet

Alone and quiet.

Alone and when quiet

Thoughts and feelings appear

Some make me smile or laugh

Some bring worry, or a tear.

In silence is where I usually learn

What is false and what is true

And in silence is where I often understand

What is the right thing for me to do.

And this is why dear friend and reader,

This is why,

I try to make some time in my day

To be alone with my thoughts

Alone and quiet

Alone and quiet.

What I get from that alone and quiet time, dear reader,

Is a wisdom which cannot be bought,

In any other way but by leaving a time in my day, dear reader,

A time when I am alone with my thoughts.

Yes, this is why, dear friend and reader,

This is why,

I welcome the time in my day

When I am by myself,

And alone and quiet

Alone and quiet.