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What’s the Purpose for Feeling Lonely?
“Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self.”
– Mary Sarton
It’s been almost two years since lockdown, and what have we learned?
Is loneliness an opportunity to explore your inner world? I never felt alone during my breast cancer journey; people came out of the woodwork.
However, isolation hit shortly after I was healed. We had to distance ourselves; going out with friends became something of the past. So, the aftermath has been challenging still.
All I can say is I’ve written in a journal for 24 years, and there isn’t anything I can’t get through. Solitude has taught me that genuinely finding myself has been the greatest gift.
I would have never started writing articles or a book or begun painting without these challenges in life! What hobby, volunteering, or pet awaits you?
