Alone
What does it mean to be alone?
To be by yourself. Sure that makes sense. It’s an important time to get one’s thoughts together, to imagine places and things that you want to do. To relieve yourself from the stresses of your everyday life. That’s important. Alone time is a necessary part of your life. It rejuvenates you, gets you ready to rejoin the world at large.
What does it mean to be alone?
To be within yourself. In a crowd of people, in a noisy place, where no one can be heard without shouting. To isolate yourself from what is going on around you. This can be both good and bad. It’s good in that it allows you to distance yourself from the disruption that is occurring around you so that you can focus on what is needed to accomplish a task. It is bad, in that it can prevent you from reaching out and seeking the help and wisdom you need in order to leave that isolation that you have put yourself in, perhaps amplifying harmful thoughts and actions.
What does it mean to be alone?
To be without companionship. To feel unloved whether isolated or with others. It is hard to find friends and lovers. It is a growing mistrust of who you are and what you believe others think of you. This can be the saddest of all.
What is needed is not to be alone. To have friends and family; people you respect and trust. People who care for you and you for them. What is needed is a belief in yourself and the goodness of others.
Don’t get me wrong, as I said earlier needing time for and by yourself is an important part of life. And one should always find those times. But don’t let that be the end goal. Be thankful for the ones you are with. Enjoy the things you do together and the memories of that togetherness as you move on with your lives. Explore new things and continue to grow.
What does it mean to be alone? I think it means that you have time to use to better yourself. It is a natural rest stop in life that should be temporary. For we are all worthy of your presence.
So take your lone time if you need it. But remember there are those of us that are here waiting for your return so we all can be alone but together, naturally.
