1.0Through the Lens of Faithhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/throughthelensoffaitheelliotthttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/throughthelensoffaith/author/eelliottAlone with your thoughts - Through the Lens of Faithrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="svqYj9P5x8"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/throughthelensoffaith/2016/05/lone-duck-picture.html">Alone with your thoughts</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/throughthelensoffaith/2016/05/lone-duck-picture.html/embed#?secret=svqYj9P5x8" width="600" height="338" title="“Alone with your thoughts” — Through the Lens of Faith" data-secret="svqYj9P5x8" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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It can be refreshing sometimes to swim alone in your thoughts and prayers. This is because we are never truly alone, but to find the space necessary to feel like you are at one with everything around you can help you find a new perspective. We are surrounded constantly by ideas, by people competing for…http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/throughthelensoffaith/files/2016/04/IMG_2619-e1462065748583-225x300.jpg