Many people suffer from loneliness. However, the one who belongs to himself and does not try to belong to the world is never lonely for he has himself and his place in the Tao. Human companionship is spotty at best. People change their minds, move away, or die. The Tao never does. It is always here. Those who make a friend of Tao are never without company for they can find it in everything. The Tao is in the sunlight and the shade, the mountains and the valleys.
