Listen

                                        Loneliness and solitude has always been a part of our routine.  One way or the other we have all experienced it. Loneliness is described as being alone or without someone’s company. Being alone is something which nobody chooses for themselves. We may feel alone amidst a big crowd, a group of friends and just simply being alone. Solitude is a condition we choose for ourselves. It is happily being alone. It is conditions were you love your lone time and enjoy it.

                                   During our daily rounds we meet a lot of people. Most of us might have encountered a person who talks unusually to strangers. We might have met that person there, but he/she talks like we have known them before. At times we feel irritated, because that person is interfering into our territory. If we pay attention to them, the talks seems to be endless. If you have noticed them well, most of them will be aged. Why is it that they talk too much? Look at us, do we usually talk to strangers or plan to talk to strangers in the future?  All these people who talk to us might have been like that. It is the absence of people whom we love which make us talk to strangers. The absence of loved one leads us to strangers. When you think about them in this way, does the whole story make some difference?

                                  There is another kind of loneliness too, loneliness which comes to us without our knowledge. Sometimes people go for a long pursuit of their happiness, and in the way they lose a better part of themselves. The part which loved the simple things of their lives, the small happiness, surprises, gifts. We can easily understand them, when we listen to such persons, they seems to laugh for themselves, always starts a conversation, they will be curious to know how life is like for others. Even though they seem talkative, deep down they are lonely and they are searching for themselves, the better part they lost long before.

                                  Of course every coin has two sides. Especially in today’s world we cannot trust everyone so easily. But still make a vague attempt listening to a person who is keen to share their experiences. Just assure them that there is still humanity left in our hearts and help them to find what they have lost in between. If it’s the simple things which change someone’s life, let yourself be the simple change. Through those stories we will look at the world in a different way.  J