Frank Zappa put it very well: "Alone is a natural state -- we are born alone, & alone we journey at last to the Great Whatever. Loneliness is quite different, a needless, self-pitying trap."
We're trained to get everything quickly & easily. While it's good we've advanced to such automated convenience, the lack of struggle, I think, is what causes boredom, and boredom used to be a great restful luxury -- how nice! No tiger about to eat me, no starvation or attacks by other violent cavemen, aaahh! Learning to accept time passing and listening to my steady breathing, that I'm OK at heart, I found is a powerful central healthy state. I recommend it. You can learn to meditate not with some Solemn Promise, but just a few moments at a time. A speed bump, not a mountain to climb. Happiness is nice but it's overrated. Accepting blah makes you strong and ready. I just like to share my blahblah about that.
