Solitude, does it lead to lonelier,

or healthier, more well-rounded individuals?

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This is a fascinating topic because Jesus spent lots of time alone.

Some people are introverts and they wander off by themselves.

They don't like talking to people and we think it's unhealthy.

But sometimes it's the thing that maybe we're missing in order to be healthy.

I can't wait to dive into this.

Find out what the scriptures say and hear about all of your research. But before we do, a shout out to the Alliance

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Solitude. Why did you choose this subject? I think I chose this topic because in the past

probably year of my life, I've spent a lot more intentional time in solitude. And in periods of my life, I've spent some time in unintentional solitude.

And I found that they're very, very different.

Intentional solitude is really good.

Unintentional solitude is just essentially isolation.

But when I was researching this, I found some really interesting studies that were done. And I think this is a topic

that can get misconstrued by a lot of people. And a lot of people don't spend time in solitude

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