Alone together
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I've been realizing that one of the things I've
been missing a lot over the last two years of
the pandemic is the feeling of being alone with
a group of people.

I'm sure you all know what I mean by that: those
moments of peace and stillness that come with
activity all around you. Maybe you've had it
sitting in the food court at a mall. Maybe it's
on commuter rail as people are filing on and
off. Maybe it's in a coffeeshop as you're
overhearing a dozen conversations over the
turntable playing records over the speakers.

It's those moments of solitude where you're
being ignored by a dozen a hundred a thousand
people all going about their lives the same way
you are and you can watch and listen and yet be
untouched by them.

It's one of the most beautiful kinds of solitude
there is, at least to me.

I miss it so much. So desperately much.