“Usually we regard loneliness as an enemy.  Heartache is not something we choose to invite in. It’s restless and pregnant and hot with the desire to escape and find something or someone to keep us company..  When we rest in the middle (the MIDDLE WAY),we begin to have a non-threatening relationship with loneliness, a relaxing and cooling loneliness that completely turns our usual fearful patterns upside down.”   (When Things Fall Apart, by Pema Chodron).