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I Value My Solitude

“No one ever needs to be alone so long as they don’t mind who they are with, but we do mind...the wrong kind of company is a great deal lonelier than us being by ourselves...it’s not that we have been rejected by the world, it’s that we’ve taken a good look at the available options, and have, with wisdom, done some rejecting ourselves.” ~ Alain De Botton
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dancingtongue · 80-89, M

We need both. Solitude is when we get to digest and try to sort out and understand all that life has shown us. But we need interaction with as broad and varied a group of people as we can to have those experiences upon which to reflect. Either without the other is more a glass half empty than a glass half full.

Carissimi · F

I don’t need a varied interaction with all kinds of people. Been there. Done that already. At my age, I’m more discerning who I want to be with. Like my post indicates, I’d rather be alone than with the wrong people (for me). I just don’t want to be alone 24/7 365 days/year. @dancingtongue