International Research Journal of Education and Technology

The aim of this paper is to throw light on May Sarton’s observations regarding life and old age as she wrote in ‘Journal of a Solitude’. May Sarton wrote her journals to deal with her own depression, pain and loneliness and specifically to deal with the reality. Sarton makes it clear that ageing makes a man more open and able to love others. They come closer to nature and to god. They are now able to handle the essentials of life. With the growing years one achieves stability and harmony. Ageing opens up the human heart and hiding one’s age makes the man unable to realize this process of growth.

Keywords: Ageing, Autobiography, Sensibility, Humanistic Vision, Self-portrait, Revelation, Memoir, Growth, Harmony, Maturity, Spirituality, Nature.