{"id":220,"date":"2006-03-19T15:40:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-19T21:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.petitefreespirit.com\/2006\/03\/alone\/"},"modified":"2020-06-10T19:47:21","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T00:47:21","slug":"alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.petitefreespirit.com\/index.php\/2006\/03\/19\/alone\/","title":{"rendered":"Alone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 85%;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 85%;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 85%;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 85%;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 85%;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 85%;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 85%;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 85%;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<strong>Current mood:<\/strong>  contemplative <\/p>\n<p>I spend an inordinate amount of time alone. I usually enjoy my own company, sometimes more so than the company of others. Then there are those other times where alone all of a sudden becomes lonely.<\/p>\n<p>Today I attended a Catholic church (I&#8217;m not Catholic by the way) because a classmate was nice enough to invite me. There was a celebration for Saint Joseph &#8211; a feast as a matter of fact. I came alone and only knew the person who invited me. She unfortunately had to work the whole time so there was no hand-holding. However, there was a family that came together. For one moment, I was adopted and had a family that I was a part of as opposed to being there totally alone. That was definitely one time that I enjoyed the company of others. In addition, I was the only black person there in a midst of Italian families and many people were solicitous, welcoming and gracious. It&#8217;s times like these that restore my faith in people&#8217;s abilities to transcend differences and just be.<\/p>\n<p>I still find myself lonely from time to time but whenever it becomes very intense, an experience like today&#8217;s comes along and makes the going just a little easier. <\/p>\n<p>Currently listening:<br \/>\nBlink the Brightest<br \/>\nBy Tracy Bonham<br \/>\nRelease date: 21 June, 2005<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Current mood: contemplative I spend an inordinate amount of time alone. I usually enjoy my own company, sometimes more so than the company of others. Then there are those other times where alone all of a sudden becomes lonely. Today I attended a Catholic church (I&#8217;m not Catholic by the way) because a classmate was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.petitefreespirit.com\/index.php\/2006\/03\/19\/alone\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Alone<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-myspace-archive"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"post-thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"pfspirit","author_link":"https:\/\/www.petitefreespirit.com\/index.php\/author\/pfspirit\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Current mood: contemplative I spend an inordinate amount of time alone. 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