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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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CantExplain · 61-69, M

I don’t think of solitude as being alone when I’m in the natural world as it provides a sense of serenity and a spiritual connection.

Carissimi · F

I understand. However, there is a big difference in solitude and being alone, and loneliness. I can be alone and feel perfectly fine with it, or I can be alone, or in a crowd, and feel terribly lonely. If I knew the secret as to how I can be alone for years and feel fine, and some of that time, the loneliness is almost intolerable. What’s the difference? I’m still alone but having two different experiences. @CantExplain

CantExplain · 61-69, M

@Carissimi yes, a person can feel those two divergent feelings whether alone or in a crowd. I use to spend a great deal of alone time when I was working in the field. I’m much better being w/ one or two other people.