Lonely People

Roger Ebert just posted an elegant love letter to his wife, Chaz, on this blog post titled, All the Lonely People. If you read something today, you must read this.

I found the concluding line to be the best,

"Perhaps I wasn't lonely before because I didn't have it, so it couldn't be gone."

I wouldn't call myself a loner. I like being alone sometimes. There are some experiences that I do not wish to share with anyone. Like the first time watching a good movie, listening to a good music, eating a pizza from which all the toppings are dripping off, the perfect sunset.

Ebert says another thing that I liked, "Someone once said the fundamental reason we get married is because have a universal human need for a witness."

I would argue that you need some experiences by yourself, because the another person may just get in the way.