Loneliness teaches us what is life!
We have all experienced that loneliness is not the same as being alone or being in solitude. You can be among a group of people or a crowd and still feel lonely. It teaches us that humans are not meant to live without one another. Humanity's survival has always depended on skills, labor, and feelings of comfort and security to thrive and continue. Loneliness or say solitude for that matter is a beautiful state of being.
And it taught me how to be awesome in the absence of people. It taught me that everything can be taken care of without the help of anyone. But I am not saying that we must disengage with people completely but being self-sufficient is a great quality. And despite the vivid emotions that would cross my face, I have solved at least or tried to every problem moving ahead in life. This is what solitude does. It rids you of all inhibitions that you'd otherwise have, because of lack of exposure to difficult situations. Or even the simplest of problems in life. Sometime, not taking help, makes it even more fun.
Whereas, loneliness helps me to evaluate all my strength and weakness and taught me how to come up with the most creative ways to overcome my weaknesses on my own. It taught me that I should be my top priority. Sometimes we start feeling uneven about ourselves just because we don't belong anywhere and don't necessarily fit in, there must be something wrong with us. This directly affects our self-worth but. Now, I clearly doesn't give a damn and so shouldn't any of us. It is just that simple.
Of course I am unapologetic all myself comfortable in my own skin at all points of time. This is what being alone teaches us. To be oneself and still be awesome. I wouldn't shy away from lamenting anyone in public or otherwise. Feeling sad, angry, frustrated and other negative emotions is okay. We are all humans after all and sometimes when we feel a certain way, we start believing that we are that person. Sometimes,I feels sad and next moment I am happy again. So being alone might make you feel sad but it's momentary and it shall too pass.
But trust me! I wasted a lot of time to entertain people and find happiness in them. Seriously! when I recalled that time- I said myself-How insane I am( at that time) ? But best part is what I learned-that you don't always need people to have fun. There are so many things that one can occupy themselves with.. We have to create our own goals and this can only be done if you spend enough time thinking about them and eventually doing them.
Here, I am neither having lot of friends nor having lot of social interaction in my life, but still I made a fun place to live just by being myself. No doubt, loneliness is a great teacher. One can start a new journey within. There is world inside our belief system, memories or programs. One can't get to know oneself in bunch of people. The phase of being alone can be turned into happy solitude.
But loneliness is a little negative word. It means you don't feel complete. You feel void of sort or something. It can be lack of love, compassion,self esteem etc. but when you are feeling so, you can sit and meditate mindfully on your breath and you can fill yourself with positive feelings. Because this universe is the source of filling the void. Meditation starts healing .too and then loneliness will convert in solitude. Stay blessed! #kishoreshintre #possessedbywritingspirit #ks1100articles
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4yLoneliness stands on the negative site. It could be a celebrated choice.
this is so true! KISHORE SHINTRE good share