Solitude

Madeleine Delbrel

We, the ordinary people of the streets, do not see solitude as the
absence of the world but as the presence of God.
Encountering him in all places is what creates our solitude.

For us, being truly alone means sharing in God’s solitude.

God is so great that nothing can find room anywhere
else but within him.

For us, the whole world is like a face-to-face meeting
with the one whom we cannot escape.

We, the Ordinary People of the Streets