I love to go kayaking alone which I had been doing for the longest time. I love it as there are few occasions where I feel I am totally alone as one has always the company of nature and solitude makes good company. I'd never felt more at ease and contented when paddling alone with only the gentle sounds of nature and the breeze on my face. The decision to take up kayaking is one of the most fulfilling decisions I'd made in my life.

Up until then, I'd never imagined how wonderful it feels to be gently moving across the waters under one's own propulsion and thoughts. After a while, one comes to the undeniable conclusion of the presence of God and the connectedness of all of us on this universe. I know this to be true. You and I are one and we make the same passage with varying awareness of the meaning and purpose of it all.

But as fallible beings we tend to forget and need to be reminded. The water reminds, invigorate and renew my soul.

See you on the waters!

“It is far better to be alone than to wish you were”

Ann Landers quotes (American Advice columnist, 1918-2002)

“The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quotes (German Playwright, Poet, Novelist and Dramatist. 1749-1832)

“All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone.”

Jean de la Bruyere quotes (French satiric moralist, 1645-1696)

“I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.”

Henry David Thoreau quotes (American Essayist, Poet and Philosopher, 1817-1862)

“None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes (American Poet, Lecturer and Essayist, 1803-1882)

“To be alone is to be different, to be different is to be alone.”

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“We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.”

Orson Welles quotes (American motion-picture actor, director, producer, and writer, 1915-1985)

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