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Antonia Malchik's avatar

I was looking for an essay on loneliness to share that I loved a couple years back. Couldn't find it but found this one that I thought was also very good: https://thepointmag.com/examined-life/freedom-from-loneliness/

"And what is loneliness, then? At its core, is it not simply a perversion of freedom? Is loneliness any more than an emancipation so extreme and complete as to transcend all pretense of society—individualism unhinged? "

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Amy Starr Redwine's avatar

I loved all of this, and especially the song. Thinking about all saints day tomorrow and what a perfect sentiment that is for it. Your reflections on Loretta Lynn are exactly how I think of sainthood - we are all such complicated, contradictory, imperfect people. Imagine if we could show up for each other with that kind of grace (like the mom of the store clerk), what a world we could create!

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