Though we longed not to be lonely, we also feared the pain it would take us to be brought out of our lonely states. And after that fear, could we be guaranteed that we would never be returned to a state of loneliness again? We could not.

Edward Carey
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“Eloquent and sumptuous and grand, we longed not to be lonely, but we feared the pain it would take us to be brought out of our lonely states. And after that fear, could we be guaranteed that we would never be returned to a state of loneliness again? We could not.” The given quote is from a poem by Rumi, an 11th-century Persian poet who lived in what is now Iran. People often turn to poetry when they are in a very sad or depressed state wondering why they can’t just get over their problems and move on. The answer is simple: you can’t get over something until you let it go. Without sadness and depression, people would feel empty inside and wouldn’t feel the need to fill their lives with things they don’t enjoy doing.

Source: Observatory Mansions

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