We need to recognise exhaustion, in ourselves or in others. When Jesus saw it in his disciples, exhausted by all the unscripted coming and going of the crowds (Mark 6:30), he said, ‘Come away by yourselves to a lonely place, and rest a while.' This is the origin of the Christian practice of making a retreat: a lonely place, where we can drop our public mask, reflect on our life, and rest. I do it in a small way whenever I beam in on Sacred Space and devote some time to just God and me.
As you click into Sacred Space, you are answering Jesus' invitation to come away to a deserted place and rest a while. Do not be afraid of being alone. Fear rather the opposite: as the philosopher Blaise Pascal wrote, ‘The sole cause of man's unhappiness is that he does not know how to stay quietly in his room.' Jesus allowed the crowds to surround him and draw comfort from him; but to refresh his own strength he retreated alone into communion with his heavenly father.
Lord, there are times when I want to get away from the crowds, when I feel oppressed by company. If I can reach you in prayer, and know that you are more central to me than my own thoughts, I feel at peace, as the apostles must have felt.

by http://sacredspace.ie/