Norman Cousins once said, "the eternal quest of the individual human being is to shatter his loneliness." From the beginning of life we are surrounded by others. In conversations with people, I have often times heard them express how the thought of being alone or growing old alone frightens them.
Typically when we see an elder and/or know someone who is alone we view them as crazy, strange etc. It is a constant reminder of what we don't want to be. Its funny that we are able to do so much alone, yet so many other things "require" us to be with someone else.
Loneliness expresses the pain of being alone and solitude expresses the glory of being alone. When you become strong enough to love yourself 100% good and bad, you have no problem requesting a ....... table for 1.
4 comments:
I soooo agree with that....like ppl who will stay in a relationship just because they don't want to be alone.
It is hard to do things alone tho.It's hard for me to even eat lunch by myslef, but I have been doing it here and there....listen to nothing but my OWN thoughts once in a while.:)
I totally agree also. I appreciate being alone and doing things by myself. It is the one time you can focus on things you want to focus on.
Going to a restaurant and eating alone is normal for me. I am very independent and do not need anyone else to make me whole.
NYer for life
Just coming out of a relationship tends to be a very hard thing to deal with. Even more so when you're use to going out with your partner. For me ending a relationship that last a 1.7yrs was hard but needed. So im getting use to the alone thing. Sometimes its hard but i see why its necessary. So after reading this blog i think it's good thing for me. It's aobut time a concentrate on me and not someone else.
Island_boi1987
True..I think people today are kind of brain washed in that sense. When you ARE able to do things on your own and depend on your own you'll start to really love who you are. You can be 'bad by yourself,' if I may quote one of TLC's songs.
-AJ
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