As the great Relient K once reminded me, "Loneliness and Solitude are two things not to get confused."
I think this is the thing that I need to be holding onto now. Loneliness is when you feel like you have no other options. People don't care for you and you are left struggling to pick up the pieces. Solitude is a choice. We seek it out to grow. We can learn tons about ourselves when we choose to be alone. I don't mean alone in the Chris McCandless way, but in the modern way in which we decide to eschew companionship for a short while in exchange for a much fuller understanding further on down the line. It sounds right.
But then there's the allure. How does one turn down the temptation? Especially if we're not sure with what intentions those temptations exist? It shouldn't have to be that difficult, right?
No comments:
Post a Comment