“If you are lonely while you’re alone, you are in bad company.” ~ Jean-Paul Sartre

"I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze."

"I wandered lonely as a cloud

That floats on high o'er vales and hills,

When all at once I saw a crowd,

A host, of golden daffodils;

Beside the lake, beneath the trees,

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze."

Lonely while alone ?  Never - I love being alone - I like the solitude and I like the freedom it gives me to be me - to not have to adhere to a schedule or timetable or an other's flight of fancy or whim.

I am never lonely when I am alone - I can find something to do and often wonder how I would feel if I didn't have that time and space and solitude.  I do know how it would feel - I have been there when I have been so busy there has been no time to be alone and it was then I feel I was bad company.  Those times where there were so many demands it seemed that everyone wanted a piece of me and the real me became quite lost.

I love being alone and I love the "loneliness" of it without really being lonely. I love the solitude and the solace that it brings to me.

Love and hugs,

Linda.