Sometimes, I can be completely by myself, but not feel lonely at all. But sometimes, I'm in a crowd with a thousand other people, a thousand faces, a thousand voices, and I feel completely and utterly alone.
Isn't it odd how alone we all are? You will always have your family, and your good friends, and there's a lot of people to help you through things, but when it comes down to it, you really only have yourself. You are the only one who can change yourself. You are the only one going through whatever you have to go through. Others might try to understand, and try to help, but no one who isn't you can completely understand.
It's all a little sad.
In a world of several billion people, you are alone. Well, not really, come to think of it. When all is said and done, you still have yourself.
We're all alone in this world. But at least we can be alone together.
Monday, June 16, 2008
Alone
Posted by griffinrider at 6:39 PM
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we're not alone, though, GR. We may feel alone but there's always someone we can turn to who's been through something similar. even if the problem is entirely unique there's always some applicable advice. We always have people we can turn to for help. in the end we have to make the final decision but we don't have to do it alone.
my friend and I wrote a song about that. actually my friend wrote most of it and I put it down on paper and actually remembered the tune. it was pretty.
also, why didn't you put "all of the above" on your poll? that's my vote.
I agree. We are all pretty alone. I guess it's because everyone has their own thoughts that we never share with anyone and keep secrets, even if they're unimportant, so no one can really get to know another person fully. The only way we could do that is if we had a collective mind. Then you couldn't haide anything from anyone. Sometimes i think it'd be nice to have someone else in my head, though, just so i could actually talk to someone and have them trulyunderstand what I'm saying. Ah well.
Ees anano retal
We are all alone, but more often than not we distance oursleves on purpose. I supose sometimes you have to just feel sorry for yourself, and believe that your all alone. It is true that no one will really completely understand you though, becuase they haven't and don't know about all the things you've experienced. But, what cuppy said about the whole collective mind thing, I don't think I'd like it. Sometimes you need to have secrets, ad go through your own emotions by yourself.
Alone together...exactly how I would put it. Oxymorons can be so fun, yet wise. Can they not?
Sometimes it's nice to be alone, though. Other times...not so much. But if you focus on all the bad things, you miss out on all the good things. Or, so I've been told.
your really good with philosophical stuff. I kinda agree with rose mary a little though. We're never COMPLETELY because theres always someone to turn to that you trust. usually
:)rien
so, some agree with me, and some don't. obviously. honestly, i don't know why i wrote that post, cuz it's kind of depressing, and i don't usually do depressing, you know? but i was in a really bad mood yesterday, so, yeah. this is what happens when i feel down- i write sad-ish things.
that is very depressing, but so very true. well for me at least not sure about every one else, but i like being alone. people always think its sad if your alone but it isn't always, it gives you time to think things though and gives you a little bit more independance.
i've always prefered to be alone.
If u know your alone with others, who are also alone, then why not then why not take a step further and share your lonliness together to show your not alone?
Being alone is almost impossible except within yourself and your mind, so how can you ever be completely alone as most of your thoughts would bring you back to reality. all of the thoughts in our heads relate back to humans so we could never be completely alone. humans are social creatures so we need each other to be socialized and to relate to each other. being alone is one of the most impossible things in the world
I agree with that, and I get that way too. but I usually prefer being alone. I mean, I get sick of people pretty fast.
and yes, snow-spewing zombies are indeed quite odd. you should hear my normal dreams. the thing is, I've been having less and less really weird dreams. I want to go back to dreamlessness!!
we are. its just the way thing are.
jelly, tha's what i said- be alone together.
twilight, you think it's hard to be alone? of course people have an influence on you. we are affected by everybody who touches our lives, no matter how breifly. but i'm not sure what that has to do with being alone.
ali, i like being alone too sometimes. it's when i get all of my best ideas (which, admitedly, aren't that good anyway). but sometimes, i get sick of it, and i wish someone else understood me. so i talk to people, but it always ends up as a big disappointment, because i know exactly what they're going to say, and it's the exact opposite of what i want-what i need- to hear.
"language has given us the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone and the word solitude to express the glory of being alone."
I can't remember who said this but I like this quote and think it fits.
in a way we are alone in the fact that no one can ever think exactly the way we do but people can know us well enough to understand our thoughts. we are never alone in that aspect and in the fact that there was always someone who went through something like what you're going through. it's like what you said about learning from other people's mistakes, GR.
i like that, rose mary. i like it a lot.
Hey,
You left me a comment on my blog. Thank you! I think that if everyone was always all alone, none of us would be here blogging.
I know what you are saying, but I tend to disagree.
Lizzie~
P.S. Thanks again for the comment on my blog. Feel free to return!
You do, I and I will too!
when people touch our lives we mostly forget about them because it is so simple to make a difference in one person's life. we touch their life and they forget. only some people make enough difference to be remembered enough to take a daily role in our life.
an example for me is this blog because if i hadn't found it, i can't even remember how, then none of this group of bloggers would be open.
I never thought of life that way.
you're never alone unless you're alone to yourself.
jin, please explain yourself a bit more fully. thank you!
no matter what, there's always someone by your side. whether you know it or not. But if you ever feel alone, or think your alone, then someone's still there, but you don't know it. meaning your alone to yourself but nothing else. because it's only in your mind. i dun know any other way to explain it.
i never said being alone is bad. i grew up completely thinking i was alone in the world. then i found out whether or not we think so, there's someone there. even if they're not real, imaginary. it's still there. your mind is there, and that's what gives us the feeling of being alone. even when we're not. but i sometimes go back into my mind to the time of feeling alone to find peace. to think no one else is there. it's just our minds, but it still can be helpful. alone started out good but got twisted when people took it too far. that happens with a lot of things on this earth, you see? alone is not really alone anymore, it's been twisted. like fear. "Fear me" that means to be scared of them now. but that used to mean "respect me." fear meant respect. now look at what it means. it's been twisted, just like lonliness.
wow, that was a loooooooong comment.
and it kind of confused me. jin, the time when you thought you were alone, was that when you were eight and went into depression?
from 8 years old all the way to 11 years old, yes.
saaaaaaaaaaad.
i'm a little confused. what exactly are you talkimg about?
Jin went into depression when she was eight because she thought she was alone. and for other reasons, I'm assuming.
yes, there are other reasons
like...?
i totally understand!
understand....
what are some of the other reasons, Jin?
why should i tell you, huh? what if i never want to tell?!!!
*shrugs* okay.
you know how a while ago you did the procrastinors unite thing? i found a icon thingie that said the same thing, 'cept i can't figure out how to even post a link
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