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9:00 a.m. Alone vs. Lonely

Published: May 10, 2020, 10 a.m.

Loneliness is painful, emotionally and even physically, born from a \u201cwant of intimacy\u201d when we need it most, in early childhood. Solitude - the capacity to be contentedly and constructively alone - is built from successful human connection at just that time. \n~ Sherry Turkle \n\nWe\u2019re all a bit scared of loneliness - of being alone. Of being left. Of not being loved. Or needed. Or cared about. \n\u201cLonely\u201d hits a spot of fear in all of us even if we don\u2019t acknowledge it. \n~ Sue Bourne \n\nLife is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose. \n~ Viktor Frankl