Language has created the word 'loneliness' to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word 'solitude' to express the glory of being alone.

"Language . . . has created the word 'loneliness' to express the pain of being alone.  And it has created the word 'solitude' to express the glory of being alone."

Paul Tillich, German-American theologian

Photo: Columbine, Lookout Lake, and Medicine Bow Peak, Snowy Range, WY; August 19, 2012.  At this particular location, this was the last columbine of the season!