A Quiet Center

Today's reading is causing me to consider how I view my quiet place inside. Nouwen says that place can be a lonely place; he later seems to refer to solitude as essentially the same thing. I have been comfortable with differentiating loneliness and solitude as 'how much I enjoy the company', with loneliness being something negative and solitude as something positive. Maybe I need to reconsider this. Loneliness certainly feels, well, lonely; solitude can feel great - when all is right so to speak. Loneliness does cause deeper searching for God to help me. He always does.