You know that moment when you're finally alone and the very first thing you do is reach for your phone.

Maybe you're standing in line at the grocery store or you're waiting for a friend at the restaurant

or even just waking up in the morning. That little device becomes a security blanket, doesn't it? A way to feel connected to avoid the

uncomfortable feeling of being alone with your thoughts. I was at a coffee shop the other day.

I could not help but notice everyone around me was doing the same thing. No, I'm not throwing shade.

I've done this before myself. Heads down, scrolling, typing, watching anything to avoid

a silence. And then the barista called out someone's name three times before they finally

looked up from their screen.

Oh my gosh, it made me wonder, like, when did being alone become something we're so

afraid of?

I came across this wonderful poet yesterday, and I'm just going to summarize some memory,

but he says that something like the

necessary thing is all about this. Solitude. Great inner solitude. But in today's world, I mean,

we seem to be doing everything we can to avoid that very thing.

Now, maybe you're thinking, Chad, it's not that deep.

I'm just checking my email, right?

But what if our reflexive need to fill every quiet moment

is actually robiness of something precious?

What if those pockets of solitude

aren't empty spaces to be filled, but opportunities for something more?

Hmm.

Today, we are going to explore how to transform those moments of being alone from something we dread into something we actually look forward to.

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