Our language has wisely sensed these two sides of man's being alone. It has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word solitude to express the glory of being alone.
Bio: Michael J. Meade D.H.L. is an author, mythologist, storyteller, and was a figure in the Men's Movement of the 1980s and 1990s. He continues to publish and teach to a broader audience, having distanced himself from the Men's Movement.