SOLITUDE VS LONELINESS VS ALONENESS

So where do you go for quiet time?

I've known lots of runners and walkers who use that alone time to clear the cobwebs. To zone out, to blot out, to have devotional time, to meditate, to escape.

I've known others who stayed long past working hours to reflect, to organize, to create. To have some "me time".

I've known others to hike, to explore, to refreshen, to replentish.

Maybe for you, it's the man cave. Or maybe the boat as pictured. The cabin on the lake. The farm.

An old song (Bee Gees?) tells us "everybody needs a little time away", but it may have omitted by ourselves. As a singleton.

Emerson tells us that the one who is great is the one who in the midst of a crowd can keep with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. But most of us can't do that in and among a lot of others.

So what does it all mean? Like sleep is a necessity for restorative purposes, so is aloneness. Find the time and when you do--enjoy.