My friend, Seaton Garrett, has developed a great series called Spiritual Formation, Spiritual Disciplines.  Here is an excerpt from part 6 on Solitude:

Try an experiment sometime today, get alone for ten minutes and try to be still and quiet. Note how your body responds, where your mind wonders off to, what emotions or feelings you experience. See if it’s not true.

Most of the time I get three responses from people when we do this.

1. Restlessness and a desire to get out of there asap. 75% (not addicted, huh?)
2. They fall asleep. 5% (maybe a sign we’re out of balance?)
3. Relief that they can stop running at warp speed. 20%

In solitude you are likely to encounter God, and yourself. Both can be pretty scary.

To read the whole post click: Solitude

Great series, Seaton.