How to be Alone~A Video Poem

I've been checked out for awhile from this space although, I have journaled a thousand words in my head to log right here. Sometimes, writing is just not necessary and at other times, vital. I knew I could quickly log this one so here it goes.

On the heels of a blog post a good friend sent about gender and the controversial parents in Canada attempting to raise their child named, Storm, in a genderless way and what this means about shaping young minds and their future choices, opportunities, how others view/treat them, etc., my thoughts turned to a phrase my brother-in-law said in a breezy, relaxed conversation we had on a recent delightfully relaxing vacation. He said, and this is not a direct quote, "learn how to be alone". We were talking generally about ourselves, high school survival and our children we are raising now. For me, high school was about survival, not learning. I buried myself in art and began to develop a comfort with aloneness. I strongly believe, that small beginning, those moments when I had to sit and endure being alone and, maybe it even began before then, is why I am content and confident in my spiritual life, my romantic life, my social life... my whole life in general, to this day. Of course, I still have days of unstability and uncertainty but on the whole, I am so thankful for this time of waiting through and enduring gracefully some aloneness.

So this morning, I stumble across this beautiful poem by Tanya Davis, a video poem on YouTube. It is called, "How To Be Alone", see it here. I hope it will move you as it did me. I want to give it as a gift to all pre-teens and teenagers and the adults who once were one.