Until that rainy Sunday at the movies 31 years ago, for me, companionship had been a mandate for lifes good times. After Orca, it became a choice. My trip to the theater helped me to distinguish between loneliness (experienced by default), and solitude (choosing when and how to enjoy my own company), as I began a journey of engaging the world on my own terms. Over the years, that journey deepened as I traveled lifes roads with increasing independence and confidence, whether I was attending graduate school at night while working during the day, buying my first house or changing careers.

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