Isolation is often the greatest of teachers

Society is often a greater contaminate than is commonly recognized. Thus, the most formative of times are often when one is forced to face the world all alone, because isolation is often the greatest of teachers. Fear not solitude, for good old Mother Earth will always keep right on spinning 'round and 'round, all without our help, input, or approval. Just think of all the trees that stand as silent, solitary sentinels deep within the heart of forests far from prying, judgmental human eyes. Yet still each and every one is part of a much greater, infinitely interconnected ecosystem.