For the longest time, I held a commonly-held belief that people are the antidote to loneliness (and rarely do we feel vulnerable enough to give people such power). Nine out of ten times, we convince ourselves that only a person or people will help add meaning to our lonely hours. But today, as I had a conversation about solitude, a term that unexpectedly stirred a whole library of thoughts within me, I found myself questioning this belief. It made me realize that loneliness has more to do with o