Loneliness in the 21st Century
Loneliness is walking through a crowd alone, feeling that everyone else is looking at you.
Loneliness is making eye contact with someone you once knew, then pretending that the eye contact never happened.
Loneliness is being rather happy to see someone, but having nothing to say to him / her.
Loneliness is never being as sure of anyone else but yourself.
Loneliness is living among millions, coming into contact with thousands and having only enough time for a few.
And others having as little or no time for you.
Perversely, the end of loneliness begins by realising that others near you are just as lonely. It begins when you read two blogs with entries that address these very themes, and understand that the minute pain from things that happened on your last first day of school is not a pain that is yours alone.
It's just sad that one has to come round to this in such an indirect way. What have we become?
Loneliness is making eye contact with someone you once knew, then pretending that the eye contact never happened.
Loneliness is being rather happy to see someone, but having nothing to say to him / her.
Loneliness is never being as sure of anyone else but yourself.
Loneliness is living among millions, coming into contact with thousands and having only enough time for a few.
And others having as little or no time for you.
Perversely, the end of loneliness begins by realising that others near you are just as lonely. It begins when you read two blogs with entries that address these very themes, and understand that the minute pain from things that happened on your last first day of school is not a pain that is yours alone.
It's just sad that one has to come round to this in such an indirect way. What have we become?
posted by The Empty Signifier @ 1/11/2005 03:50:00 pm
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1 Comments:
I think not trusting strangers and our busy life stlyes seem to make us lonely. Also, living in certain areas, like me living in Louisiana, a person doesn't come into contact with many like minds.
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