Being alone... Is it good or bad?

What is loneliness? Some will say it’s a terrible state when you are needed nobody, you’ve got no friend, no nearest and dearest and it seems you the life is meaningless. But others, e.g. a woman who has a husband, two children, parents and a married sister or brother with her/his children and all members of the family share one flat, will say loneliness is an excellent feeling you can be alone in total silence and nobody will disturb you. But I suppose in this case it seems to be more privacy than loneliness.

As for me, loneliness is an unbearable state. I can’t be alone for a long time as gloomy thoughts began to haunt me. But may there be some advantages in loneliness? I think it is possible to look at loneliness in a different way…

Perhaps, we have used to be among other people and we oft fear to get alone…, when there’re only you and your own thoughts and nobody can influence on them and dictate his/her ideas. We fear to look inside ourselves instead of considering others’ opinion. We don’t know “Why?”, but we need always someone else… So it’s more safely, easy…, so you aren’t alone….

But if we penetrate more deeply into the problem we might realize loneliness means not only pain, sadness, feeling of uselessness…Might it be a chance to look inside you, understand your feelings and a chance to look around the world and see how it’s amazing.

May loneliness be not so terrible und unbearable? May it be sometimes beneficial? Recall, how many painters, writers, poets being alone made their masterpieces…