Have you ever been lonely? Have you ever felt this hollowness? If the answer to this qestion is yes, then I hope you never want it to come back. But nevertheless there are people who like to be alone. Alone, but not lonely. I suppose those people who say they like to be lonely really do not like it. They just once and forever decided that the world is so cruel and hostile that it is better for them to stay alone and never trust to anyone. Poor people they are.
I think, many people, and I am not an exception, are afraid of being lonely in the future, especially in old age. When people are young they are usually active and seldom lonely. Everyone has a couple of friends, dozens of acquaintances. In the wirl of communication we do not think jf ourselves to be lonely.
The most horrible time is when your children have already left home and built up their own families. The things might be still worse if you are divorced or your husband or wife had died. That is where the real loneliness begins. The solution of the problem exists. In many countries people suggest this time to be the best of the whole life as you have nobody but yourself to think about. You can devote all your free time on your favourite hobbies or to take up travelling.
