You may feel withdrawn and disconnected from your fellow human beings today. While you may wonder if those with whom you share your environment are alienating you, your feelings of unwilling isolation are likely a result of your own very real need for aloneness. If your day\'s schedule does not permit you time away from the throng of humanity, you can still pull your awareness into yourself in order to attain a measure of privacy. As you revel in whatever form of quietude you can find today, you may discover that there are elements of yourself that you have long forgotten. Exploring these can provide you with a wonderful and private diversion that calms and centers you.

The private aspects of our personalities provide us with a figurative refuge in which we can escape from worldly pressures without actually having to seek out total isolation. When we retreat into our minds, we are reminded of what makes us who we are--the values we hold dear, the commitments we have made to ourselves, and the goals we have long nurtured in our hearts. These most personal parts of ourselves ground us in our individuality and clearly demonstrate that no matter how strongly worldly influences push us, we are stronger still. Though we may still occasionally seek out the tranquility of true solitude, we take comfort in the fact that we possess a private inner core that no force can invade. Whether you choose to withdraw literally or figuratively today, you will soon feel yourself growing stronger and more confident.