Loneliness

Have you ever experienced loneliness to the fullest? When I talk about loneliness, I mean literally being alone, with only a cat for company, for days, weeks, and even months. Not being able to talk to anyone, isolated from the outside world after you return from work and daily routine. The other company is the virtual one. Where you find friends who are thousands of kilometers from you, even on the other side of the planet, but technology resolves that difference in just microseconds.

Just think that just 10 years ago we didn't have that possibility. To call by phone was an odyssey. There was no cell phone or they were just primitive or a luxury for those who had one. The public telephone was the only option and today, I haven't used one for centuries. At that time, loneliness was immersive. It came to upset your reality and your environment.

The line between sanity and losing patience is so thin that it can be broken with a sigh. You get to converse with your cat like a normal person. You tell him about your day-to-day life, how things are going at work and you even talk about politics. It is not easy to live times like this. Surely you are laughing right now, but I assure you that those moments are not easy at all.

We, by nature, have the need to physically dialogue with people, to maintain contact with others. When for some reason you have no one to share with, or your loved ones are far away, then the odyssey and despair begin. You try to keep your mind busy and analyze every second that passes. Seconds that insist on passing too slowly.

Loneliness tends to be fleeting at times. It happens inside you and as much as you are surrounded by people, you are more alone than ever. No one will do anything for you if you don't have friends or colleagues that you had to form over the days. Don't wait until you find yourself alone, act now and start making friends everywhere. It's not difficult, it's easier than you think. You just have to be you.

My cat has very good topics of conversation. He only knows how to bark (because he has a dog complex), especially when he is very hungry. All he does during the day is eat and sleep. Perhaps their topics are a bit difficult to understand, but little by little I plan to pick up the language.

This happens when you are in extreme solitude and your only conversation to avoid losing your vocal cords is with a cat. Amazing, right?

I hope it doesn't last much longer. The toothbrush is already talking to me about cinema.

See you tomorrow.