Thomas Merton wrote%2C %26quot%3Bsolitude is not something you must hope for in the future. Rather it is a deepening of the present%2C and unless you look for it in the present you will never find it.%26quot%3B Photo courtesy Flickr user David Abercrombie%3A https%3A%252F%252Fwww.flickr.com%252Fphotos%252Falbategnius