Solitude Matters. And For Some People It's

We Have A Two-tier Class System When It Comes To Personality Style. To Devalue Introversion Is A Waste Of Talent, Energy And Happiness.

I Look Back On My Years As A Wall Street Lawyer As Time Spent In A Foreign Country.

The Emphasis Is On Community, On Participating In More And More Programs And Events, On Meeting More And More People. It’s A Constant Tension For Many Introverts That They’re Not Living That Out. And In A Religious World, There’s More At Stake When You Feel That Tension. It Doesn’t Feel Like ‘i’m Not Doing As Well As I’d Like.’ It Feels Like ‘god Isn’t Pleased With Me.’

In Our Culture, Snails Are Not Considered Valiant Animals - We Are Constantly Exhorting People To "come Out Of Their Shells" - But There's A Lot To Be Said For Taking Your Home With You Wherever You Go.

You're Told That You're In Your Head Too Much, A Phrase That's Often Deployed Against The Quiet And Cerebral. Or Maybe There's Another Word For Such People: Thinkers.