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What does it mean?
Life is not wasted unless we think we are alone.
In plain terms
Thinking you are alone wastes time.
What can you take from it?
Feel connected to avoid waste.

Where it applies

  • loneliness
  • existential crisis
  • community building

Putting it to work

  • reaching out
  • joining groups
  • therapy

Questions to consider

  • Do you feel alone often?
  • What gives life purpose?

Another view

Sometimes solitude is chosen and valuable.

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