The Awakened Life’s blog; “The Art of Being Alone” is so true, and I’ve had the exact same experience. I finally found peace with myself after 7 years alone on search. I thought I would find happiness outside of me, I went to different places, dated different men, bought a lot of unnecessary stuff and so on….all this time I was searching for happiness in things, places or in people all across the world from Europe to America. About 4 years ago I finally found happiness and I dicovered that it was with me all this time I was searching around, it was in my heart… Now I’m paying it forward…. Unconditionally…and I’m happy and alone, but not lonely. I no longer need to search for happiness, I have it with me, I have it in me ~ GC Himani