i'm not sure if you have seen this video i stumbled upon last month, but it's amazing. it's called, clearly, 'how to be alone.' and it's the only instruction manual i've ever cared to take note of.
people tend not to believe me when i say i enjoy being alone. when i told a friend a few weeks back that i'd been single for roughly three years, his eyes got wide and he didn't know quite what to say. sure, there have been people who have passed through my world. even one i'd classify as an earth shaker. but no one's stuck for long. and it's something that perplexes people. but personally, it's something i find liberating.
what i like about this video is that it gives other people who are alone pointers. something that our society pushes is that being alone is a bad thing. that being lonely is something that should be avoided. and that if you are alone, you are automatically lonely. i am here to say that the two do no go hand in hand. being filled up by the experience of flying solo is the most fulfilling experience i've had in a very long time. when was the last time you sat and enjoyed you own mind, thought over your own messes, savored a flavor, paused to take in something beautiful...
i leave you with this, my favorite thought from this poem.
"Society is afraid of alone though. Like lonely hearts are wasting away in basements. Like people must have problems if after awhile nobody is dating them.
But lonely is a freedom that breathes easy and weightless, and lonely is healing if you make it."
if you're alone, you're not the only one.
give it a second and you might love it.
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