Moonlight Serenade - Glenn Miller

Throughout most on my life I have depended on others to make me feel complete. However, in the past year I started taking long strolls throughout the city by myself. The moonlight glistening on the concrete pavement. The Atlantic breeze swishing by the maple trees. Rain gently drizzling down and the midnight fog blanketing the city skyline. At first I thought taking a midnight walk would make me feel lonely, as though I had nothing better to do with my time and I had no one to spend it with. But one thing struck me as I kept walking on, it was that I felt relieved. For the first time in my life, I could do anything I wanted. I had no one holding me back, the night was mine for the taking. I didn’t have to keep any promises or abide by anyone’s plans, I could go anywhere and do anything. For once I was enjoying my own company and ironically I wasn’t in my head. I just let the urban landscape take me. I noticed that I used to have a constant need to be with someone. I was afraid to be with just myself. I feared loneliness because I never experienced true solitude. However, life is about balance. There are times you need to revel in the company of others and there are times you just need to just be by yourself.

“Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.” -Marcus Aurelius