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Nine summers ago I was invited to spend some time in the picturesque town of Gananoque in Canada. We rented a log cabin with access to a large lake where we would wake up to the song of birds and sleep to the rhythm of crickets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every morning, after coffee and cigarettes, we would walk down to the lake and get into a small boat to paddle our way around the lake. There were so many nooks to discover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the small pier outside the cabin you could see the other side of the bank. A majestic forest stood there, beyond the mirror-smooth lake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One day, in a moment of nature-loving solitude, I decided to take the boat out by myself and spend some time alone in the serenity of the middle of the lake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As soon as I got there, in the middle of the lake, and I was equidistant from all its banks, I experienced a new kind of quiet as the water absorbed whatever sound escaped from the thick shrubs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was early afternoon and nobody was at the river banks. I was alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh shit, I was alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suddenly I remembered a scene from a movie I saw as a kid, and imagined a huge dark shadow passing under the boat. Then I imagined that some alien tentacles would come out of the water and pull me down into a watery grave. I imagined monsters coming out of the water and into the boat, then back into the water leaving behind some of my bones floating in a pool of my blood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I quickly turned the boat around and rowed as fast as I could back to the pier. I ran up to the cabin and joined my friends. They wondered why I was back so soon, and I said it was too hot to be on the lake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That day I learned my lesson:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No matter what beauty surrounds you, if the darkness is inside you, it will always wait for you to be alone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nine summers ago I was invited to spend some time in the picturesque town of Gananoque in Canada. We rented a log cabin with access to a large lake where we would wake up to the song of birds and sleep to the rhythm of crickets. Every morning, after coffee and cigarettes, we would walk … <\/p>\n

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