It doesn’t  depend on external factors. It’s largely unrelated to what’s going on around us. It’s less about our circumstances and more about how we react to them.

Loneliness

<p>Luckily for us, solitude will always be a choice, not an existence. It’s true that humans are born to be social. But when we find strength — rather than fear — in solitude, we will live far richer lives: with others, and with ourselves.</p>

Solitude as choice

<p>Technologies connecting us are actually isolating us. From the telegram to the phone to the mobile to the internet, all major cultural inventions have served the purpose of bringing us closer together. And yet, today, in a work hyper-connected, statistics report that we’ve never felt so lonely. </p>

The paradox of Technologies 

We’re scared of where boredom will take us. We want to be entertained, constantly. The alternative,  introspection , intimidate us. And so, we drown out our discomfort with distractions.

Fear of solitude=fear of boredom

<ul><li>Loneliness is being alone — and not liking it. It’s a feeling.</li><li>Solitude is being alone — and content. It’s a choice.</li></ul>

Loneliness vs.solitude

Since the late 1980s, scientists have been tracking a whale across the Pacific Ocean. It sings at a sonic frequency higher than any other species of whale: at 52 Hertz, just above the lowest note on a tuba. The whale calls out; no one answers. It's been nicknamed the loneliest animal in the world.

Loneliness

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