When we think about solitude, we almost see it as a state of separation, a place of solitude from the world we live in. For some people, what will make them be fully happy and satisfied is having a good college education, getting a good job, getting married and having a perfect family. But it is precisely at that moment that we must realize and ask ourselves whether we are really happy or are we just in a state of happiness that our conscience makes us believe. The method of going to the back of the store to be in a state of complete silence and understanding is truly a surprise. As human beings we never think this way, just because you retire and move to a secluded area to live the rest of your life does not determine whether you have truly lived your life to the fullest. You became a doctor to make your mom and dad happy, you became a lawyer to make your family proud but did you really become and do what you wanted to do in life? Maybe all this time you wanted to be an artist or musician, but we're too afraid to speak up. The one line in his essay that caught my attention the most is the part where he states “It is in our soul that evil grips us: and it cannot escape itself: “All our lives we are stuck in this state where only our happiness makes us feel so much and takes us so far. We never, ever are