The drudgeries of life
Friday, April 02, 2010
Solitude
I always had the tendency of avoiding being alone. I had to be with someone or in a gang.
I hated taking a walk alone. I could never swallow my food when having a meal all by myself.
Forget about movies, I couldn't even complete a 20-minutes long episode of F.R.I.E.N.D.S. in one sitting if I had no company....
While on my way to bathe, I had the habit of stopping over at friends' rooms for a quick chat!
I used to feel like a fish out of water without random bakar with friends, leg-pulling et al.
It took less than a week to change all that!
Sure the abruptness of the change was mind-numbing, but now it's so much fun living with myself.
It's a refreshing change of sorts.
It's about having ample time for myself, doing things I like, developing an altogether different perspective on life!
It's a character building exercise of sorts.
The bonds that I share with people are still intact, if they haven't grown stronger, but the dependencies are waning...
And slowly by slowly, I can feel the solitude growing on me...
I can now begin to truly appreciate the character played by Emile Hirsch in the movie Into the Wild! I know I could never emulate that feat, but it's amazing how he did what he did B)
No man is an island... but he can be, if he wants to ;)
Cheers! Happy weekend!
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