Alone online

by Alex on 9/1/2010

When we have no project to finish, no friend to visit, no book to read, no television to watch or no record to play, and when we are left all alone by ourselves we are brought so close to the revelation of our basic human aloneness and are so afraid of experiencing an all-pervasive sense of loneliness that we will do anything to get busy again and continue the game which makes us believe everything is fine after all.

This quote comes from Henri Nouwen by way of an amazing blog post by Nate Grubbs about his recent experience going offline. Read it.

Tagged as: loneliness, unplug

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