But I'm not lonely when I'm sitting in a bar by myself...and, you know, I'm not even lonely when I'm at home alone. I get lonely in a crowded room...or a subway that's packed with people. You know, all these people and every one a stranger. My father-- My father had one of those quiet Irish souls. He was a poet. Well, actually, he was a cardiologist, but he wrote beautiful poetry. He would take us to Ireland in the summers, and he and I would take these long walks ... and then we would just sit together staring out at the sea. He said that if you can learn to contemplate just one beautiful thing every day...that it would give you something very special. "Ciúnas gan uaigneas." It's a Gaelic expression. It means, "Quietness without loneliness."
Orang yg ekstrovert tidak akan bisa memahami apa yg dikatakan Erin Castleton di atas. Erin adalah tokoh film Next Stop Wonderland yg diperankan oleh aktris berbakat Hope Davis. Erin suka menyendiri tapi justru berbahagia kalo bisa sendirian gitu. Justru di tempat yg ramai dg orang dia bisa merasa kesepian.
Rasanya aku bisa paham yg dirasakan Erin krn aku sendiri juga gitu, utamanya waktu sekolah di Monash Uni dulu. Udah tak terhitung terjadi salah paham dg temen sekantor soal hal ini. Aku selalu menyendiri di pojok kantor sambil ngetik makalah ato baca, sedangkan mereka suka ngobrol bersama ato pergi bersama ke mana gitu. Kalo diajak, aku kadang mau, tapi kalo emang pas pingin sendirian ya jelas ku tolak ajakan mereka. Ini yg temen-temen tidak bisa paham. Mereka suka nyindir-nyindir, bahkan kadang bilang terus terang kalo mereka tidak suka aku menyendiri, katanya ga kompak. Lhoooo gimana se, masa aku disuruh sama-sama dg mereka terus? Kalo aku pas pingin sendirian, gimana coba?
Mereka tidak bisa paham, bahkan mungkin tidak akan pernah paham akan hal ini. Yg mereka tau, semua orang suka berkumpul dg orang lain seperti mereka all the time.
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