Saturday, March 30, 2019

The solitude of life

I’ve been a loner all my life. Mostly. I grew up as a single kid - I never yearned or wished for a sibling. I had a limited number of friends. I did and do enjoy a good company but I wouldn’t be depressed if I’m not surrounded by people for a long time. I’ll be fine. That's the way I was wired I guess - although there is a considerable change, I admit. 


One of the statements I read and found appealing - "After a while everything changes - beauty seems plain, love becomes stale, happiness degenerates into boredom. Until you realize that beauty, love, and happiness are all waves within your own soul, you're forever condemned to an unending search".

If you see life, there is solitude - perhaps an inherent one to it; that no one - not your parents, your children, your spouse, your best of friends can share your subjective experience with. There’s empathy - but even that, wouldn’t go a long way with respect to subjective experience you have in life as a whole.

Also, nobody or nothing can 'complete' you - not your partner, your job, your achievements or whatever the latest fad. We are condemned in this unending search. You are always alone on this journey. The sooner we realize the better it is. If we truly realize this, the very realization is liberating.