Quiet Day

My church organized a Quiet Day retreat today. The venue was at OMF which is opposite the Botanic Gardens, so I spent quite a bit of the day there. I had forgotten how beautiful the Gardens were. The spot I found for myself was a hidden bench under a huge tree with aerial roots. Hidden, quiet.

"Come away, by yourself.."

I had looked forward to today, but maybe I shouldn't have gone for the Quiet Day. I already have too much solitude in my life now. Too much quiet. Today, my emotions were all tangled up like those roots.