Alone = Lonely?

It is a popular belief that people are lonely because they are alone. Even though this, in most cases, is true, I would like to say that it is not entirely correct to accept the statement without second thoughts.

As what Kelly Clarkson said in her song 'Stronger', it doesn't always mean that we are lonely whenever we are alone. Sometimes, we do need some period alone just to think about life or relax and do anything that we want. At this kind of times, we won't feel the loneliness at all. This is because we are already preoccupied with something else. Not only that, being alone gives some kind of freedom because we don't need to take note of others' opinion and conditions. This, actually, can make us even happier than when we have company. Of course, it would always come to mind that it will be great to share the happiness with others and share the fun. However, we must always remember that some time alone won't hurt.

On the other hand, there will be this rare moments when we feel lonely even when we are in a room full of people. Sometimes, it feels that we are there just because you have to (?) Our body is there but our mind is somewhere else. Or another case is that we still feel empty even in that crowded room because we feel that we don't belong there. We just don't 'click' with the rest.

"Why do you suddenly post this?" Maybe you will ask me that. And I have an answer for that. Well, I've been feeling very lonely these days. I don't know whether it is because of homesickness, exam stress, or other things. But, yeah, I've been feeling that these days and I need to tell somebody, I need to lift this burden off my shoulder. Since it's exam time, I can't really tell anybody because I feel that I will bother them.

Okay, I shall stop here for now. Tomorrow is Chemistry common test ._.

Btw, this is a nice song about loneliness... 

Hyorin-Lonely