July 22nd, 2026
Neglect Not The Gifts Within You
“She endured. And survived. Marginally, perhaps, but it is not required of us that we live well.”
Anne Cameron (Canadian Novelist & Poet, August 20th, 1938 to November 30th, 2022)
“Oh, yes it is! We may come back to enjoy another life–and I’m open to that possibility–but until I know for sure, I don’t want to waste the one I’m living right now. I’ve endured. And survived. And I’ve lived marginally, but living well is all it’s cracked up to be.”
“…open time, with no obligations except toward the inner world and what is going on there.”
May Sarton (Belgian-American Novelist & Poet; May 3rd, 1912 to July 16th, 1995)
“Deliberately seeking solitude–quality time spent away from family and friends–may seem selfish. It is not. Solitude is as necessary for our creative spirits to develop and flourish as are sleep and food for our bodies to survive.”
“It is a difficult lesson to learn today–to leave one’s friends and family and deliberately practice the art of solitude for an hour or a day or a week… And yet, once it is done, I find there is a quality to being alone that is incredibly precious. Life rushes back into the void, richer, more vivid, fuller than before.”
Anne Morrow Lindbergh (American Writer & Aviator, June 22nd, 1906 to February 7th, 2001)
“I have always yearned for solitude to quiet the bustle of life so I could consider the inner voice inside me. Quiet contemplation has always been an attractive vice.
–Ban Breathnach, Sarah. “Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy”. Grand Central Publishing. (1976). Kindle Page 267 to 268 of 501.
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