《One Hundred Years of Solitude》: If you can endure to drink tea alone, take a walk alone, travel alone, and read alone, going with the flow and living as your heart desires,
then congratulations, you have learned to be alone in a high-quality way.
Schopenhauer said, "Either be vulgar or be lonely." A person's life is limited in terms of time and energy. One can either choose the vulgarity of socializing or the solitude of being alone.
Just like the father and son, José Arcadio and Aureliano in "One Hundred Years of Solitude", they both chose the solitude of being alone.
Because of their obsession with alchemy, they often stayed alone in the laboratory to study alchemy. Although others didn't understand, they still remained immersed in it and couldn't extricate themselves.
In daily life, there is also such a group of people: they are accustomed to being alone, never attend gatherings, and have no interest in socializing.
No one even tries to contact them. It seems as if they are living in another world, completely disconnected from the current environment.
We thought they were boring and lonely. In fact, their personal world is rich and colorful.
They make use of their alone time to improve themselves, enrich themselves, focus on self-growth, and do everything that can make them better.
They enjoy high-quality solitude and make their lives the best they can be.
Solitude is the paradise for concentrated research.
José Alcatti often stayed alone in the alchemy laboratory, deeply engrossed in the study of alchemy.
The failure in alchemy left him depressed for a while. But soon he picked himself up and worked day and night.
Eventually, he succeeded.
If a person becomes interested in something and wants to delve deeper into it, solitude is the perfect place.
Only through concentrated study in solitude can one's thoughts penetrate layer by layer without hindrance, reaching the core and obtaining the research results they desire.
Schopenhauer said: "To love solitude is to love freedom, because a person is truly free only when alone."
In a crowd, we need to be cautious with our words and actions, abide by various social rules, and are constantly restrained, unable to be free.
Only when alone can one be truly free.
Without any disturbance or interference from others, the entire person, from body to mind, belongs solely to oneself and faces only oneself.
There is no need to worry about others' opinions or feelings. One can do whatever one wants as one pleases and enjoy an unrestrained life.
On such a relaxed and pure day, the accumulated stress will be released, the mind will become broader and more open-minded, and the tense body and mind will be completely relaxed and nourished.
The philosopher Pascal said: "Almost all of our sufferings come from the inability to be alone in a room."
Where there are people, there is the world of relationships. When people interact with each other, it is inevitable that some unpleasant things will occur.
Even some people may suffer from internal stress and anxiety due to unsatisfactory social interactions, getting trapped in pain and unable to escape.
If you take social interactions less seriously and value solitude more.
Learn to have high-quality solitude, focus on research during solitude; Deepen your skills in solitude; nourish your spirit in solitude.
It can not only reduce harm and eliminate pain, but also enable one to transform into a better self in solitude, live in the best state.
