I like doing stuff alone, like going out to buy groceries, going to the library or a coffee shop, eating, walking back home, or riding a bus. The reason I do this is because it is liberating, it sets my mind free, gives me time to think, contemplate, wonder, imagine, evaluate, obsess. However it does not mean that I don't want people around me, that I am not social, that I am lonely. I enjoy being alone but then there are times when I see people around me, people having fun with their parents, lovers or friends and then I miss my loved one's and suddenly I realize being alone and lonely are two different things, and I don't want to be lonely. I have always heard people say that they are alone but not lonely, but frankly I never really understood the difference but yesterday I had gone out to the market with a friend, now usually I go out alone and I do enjoy those walks but it was pretty fun with a friend as well and it was then that I realized that the difference be