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SOLITUDE


BISMILLAHIR RAHMANIR RAHEEM

Solitude, a lonely word? 
Solitude is time with the waves crashing aginst the shore;
it is the time I get with chirping birds,
and glittering stars, and sunshine, and grass... it is when I am with my Self!
I have my thoughts, and my feelings; solitude is really me surrounded... 
enveloped... swathed in joy... cocooned in warmth... immersed in the Self!

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