"In the way of thinking that involves talking, discussing, analyzing, and
criticizing, there is scarecely room for the God
who speaks whenever we are silent and
who comes in whenever we have emptied ourselves."
---- Nouwen

"Once God has called you to solitude,
everything you touch leads you further into solitude."
---- Merton

"Solitude can be sought and found
in the routine of the simple world,
in which one can be alone in one's heart."
---- Nouwen

We human beings

were born in Solitude,
have lived in Solitude,

and ater all

we are going to leave
in Solitude.

We deeply appreciated your continous efforts
sharing your deep spiritual thoughts with us!  KJ

Your comment is always appreciated, Dr. Hwang.
As we get older, we somehow must grow in our solitude,
otherwise we suffer more unnecessarily, I believe.

I wrote this poem from a dimension or a perspective from where
I could look at myself beyond death.
In other words, I wanted to picture myself with a free soul and a free spirit
without being interfered by all the deaths surrounding me,
as God is looking at us.

Solitude according to Henri Nouwen

"Solitude has something to do with being alone. ...
Aloneness is a very neutral term....
Loneliness is a negative term. Loneliness is not a good thing.
Solitude is a way of dealing with our aloneness.
Solitude is essential if you want to live a life that is not destructive.
Solitude is the way to embrace, to befriend your aloneness as a positive gift.
It is like taking up your cross. Your cross is your loneliness.
Loneliness can be converted into solitude.
Solitude is an enormous discipline and becomes a source of life.
Solitude is the place where we go in order to hear the truth about ourselves.
Solitude is listening to the voice who calls you the beloved."