The joy of being alone

The joy of being alone.

Just a random thought as I sat by the lakeside eating my Quizno’s sandwich during lunch today. The sun was peeking through the lingering clouds from the past few days; weather was warm enough that I don’ fill the chill in the air; the ducks were washing themselves by the shoreline, and there were a couple of old people walking their dogs. As I sat there enjoying my usual black angus, I suddenly had an epiphany. “How wonderful it is to be alone!”…

Perhaps one of my all time favorite movie line was a quote by Sean Connery in Entrapment. When he first brought Catherine Zeta Jones to his Scottish castle, Catherine was in awed by all his artworks collection. Then she proceeded to ask “Look at all these wonderful artworks, do you take any one here to see it?” To that, Connery replied “No, I never brought anyone up here.” “Isn’t that a shame, that you have all these but no one to share it with, don’t you get lonely?” To that, Connery replied, “No my dear, I like to be alone, alone is good.”….At that moment by the lake, I felt that. I felt that enjoyment of solitude. Free from the rest of the workday, free from all other worries, and free from all human interactions. Just me and my thoughts and my sandwich, and unlimited imagination and freedom….

Sadly, after 20 minutes of that, I am back at the office, working my butt off to achieve that man made definition of responsibility, succeed, and happiness….