I like company as much as the next person, but I also think its true that if you dont like your own company how can other people like you too! Being comfortable alone is more about the type of person you are and not something you grow into. I would say maybe the main point here is its OK to be alone, as long as there is someone waiting for you somewhere. The rest all comes down to positive thinking, and being able to recognise the fact you will have dire thoughts and yes, we are all insignificant. One sobering thought many people dont like to think of is, how many people will remember you ever existed in 100, or even 50 years time? I added this last part due to a couple of threads here!
The one thing that helps is to have an array of life experience under your belt, and to have learnt from that as well as not just going through it. I know a few people that are close to 70 years old and havent really learnt anything from life, apart form where to buy their groceries etc. That in my book isnt living, its existing and there is a vast difference between the two. This life experience cant be taught, or passed on. How can you explain the pain of watching one of your family members die? You can try, but until that person goes through it themselves they will never know, due to the fact that we are different and how we view all of lifes situations. Loosing someone is afterall one of lifes hardeners!
The area I bivied at over the weekend is a well known witch, ghost haunt type of place. However being that way also keeps many people away at night, the main reason why I go there. I enjoy getting away, and would relish more time/money available for me to be able to do this, so being alone which we all are really, is something I really enjoy. Eat what you like, get up and go to bed when you like, and if something doesnt get done, you only have yourself to blame.
I have a fundamental understanding of survival impressed on me from an early age from my father, who survived the swamps of Burma in WW2 as a Chindit. Time alone lets you sort out any s**t in your life, this occurs by focusing more on who you are, and not having the presence of others cluttering up the space (lol, best way I could put it)
In the end we all need our own space, and how far you go depends on how self reliant you are.
The one thing that helps is to have an array of life experience under your belt, and to have learnt from that as well as not just going through it. I know a few people that are close to 70 years old and havent really learnt anything from life, apart form where to buy their groceries etc. That in my book isnt living, its existing and there is a vast difference between the two. This life experience cant be taught, or passed on. How can you explain the pain of watching one of your family members die? You can try, but until that person goes through it themselves they will never know, due to the fact that we are different and how we view all of lifes situations. Loosing someone is afterall one of lifes hardeners!
The area I bivied at over the weekend is a well known witch, ghost haunt type of place. However being that way also keeps many people away at night, the main reason why I go there. I enjoy getting away, and would relish more time/money available for me to be able to do this, so being alone which we all are really, is something I really enjoy. Eat what you like, get up and go to bed when you like, and if something doesnt get done, you only have yourself to blame.
I have a fundamental understanding of survival impressed on me from an early age from my father, who survived the swamps of Burma in WW2 as a Chindit. Time alone lets you sort out any s**t in your life, this occurs by focusing more on who you are, and not having the presence of others cluttering up the space (lol, best way I could put it)
In the end we all need our own space, and how far you go depends on how self reliant you are.