The Road Less Traveled

      Today at work I noticed a lot of things that previously seemed very rare to me, which may just been naive of me but I wanted to address it here. One of the things I noticed was multiple people eating completely alone.        
      So by no means does eating by yourself mean you are "lonely" but more or less just alone. And I sat there thinking how someones life would lead them to a point somewhere far down the road that they end up in an Ontario Outback eating with no one but yourself.
      I know that I hope and pray that I dont end up sitting at a resteraunt by myself many years from now, I would hope that no one would ever be completely alone. But what surprised me most today wasnt the fact that people were eating alone but more or less how they were eating. These people were comfy, some had there shoes off, others had multiple books that they read throughout their meal, and even another person found comfort in having conversations with employees while watch the NBA conference finals game. How does someone with no one find that sort of tranquility within themselves.
      If I was ever alone in such a public setting I dont know if I  would be able to feel that "comfortable" for lack of a better term. But I can't judge any of these people, I dont know what path they traveled in life. I dont know their struggles or strengths, or the hurts theyve had to endure. As I sat there, thinking about why these people may be alone it came to mind that maybe they are widowed, or they may just have never found anyone to share their life with. How sad of a life that could be, yet making the very best of it and kicking of your shoes.
 
     I know this wasnt one of my normal blogs but it really was interesting to me how some event that i perceived as rare is so much more common than I expected, that the metaphorical "road less traveled" may be much more inhabited than I originally had thought.