He is sure to let you know that he is never quite at home anywhere.

Solitude must never be an escape from the world but a means of going through it unattached.

You never connect with someone who does not reveal themselves. The solitary must reach out to people to share what is achieved through reflection. Despite what you may think, without confirmation in sharing, we remain lonely, not whole. Or so I believe.

I would wish you to learn, my dear, to be alone with your deepest thoughts and feelings, not in alienation but with values achieved along the way of life's journey.

My advice? Take the time frequently to stop to find out whether you are having your feelings or your feelings are having you.

"Those who think that the mundane is a hindrance to practice only understand that in the mundane nothing is sacred. They have not yet understood that in the sacred nothing is mundane."

-Dogen