People are alone most of the times. I don't know the exact percentage but I think it's around 99% of the times. Even when we are among friends chatting, we are really not there sometimes. So what to do about it? Separation is a big misery but so also is mindless useless interactions that takes one nowhere nor lets one appreciate the finer nuances of life. I believe that the key to happiness in solitude is to engage or involve oneself in social activities while still aloof. For example, the father of the bride is the key person in the success of the marriage ceremony (ofcourse, excluding the bride). If one notices really successful marriage ceremonies, the father does most of the arrangements and work, chatting here and there every now and then with the guests. But he also gets a lot of satisfaction seeing, hearing, smelling etc. from a distance the different things that are all happening in the marriage hall. If however, the father had either involved himself in some activity of his own, he will be lonely even in such a large gathering and if he sits along with all the guests and keeps on chatting, the ceremony will go bad. My father died peacefully and happily after making my sister's marriage ceremony a grand success. All through the wedding, I just met him only once while playing a game of cards with relatives (which he won).
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