“Here was when I had my first taste of loneliness. I discovered then that the pain of loneliness is not actually in being alone, nor is it simply the withdrawal of a companion. It is the sudden loss of a role, an occupation. The rug has been pulled out from under you. After being the indispensable co-pilot and the indispensable mother, I was no longer needed at all. To feel no longer needed robs one of a sense of value. Much of loneliness is the illusion of lost value. Actually we are needed always, all our lives if we have children or grandchildren or pupils or friends, but we are needed only INTERMITTENTLY. It is not a steady occupation you can depend on.”
(Anne Morrow Lindbergh)
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