Hashem created the world in such a way that a person cannot exist alone. People always needs others in order to accomplish things; so they can incorporate within their lives things which are external to their essential selves.
Nowadays we can see this clearly when a person misplaces his phone. After a short time he begins to lose his mind. Other people need him and he needs them! The connections are part and parcel of his life. How can he be so alone?! (A person may want a break from his phone for a time, but he will quickly begin to miss it. He had just been feeling that it was becoming a burden because he was with it 24/7.)
A person's desire to connect to other people and his need to know what is going on with them shows that he cannot be by himself. This is what leads to his running from being alone to connect to others. Not only is relating to family members and escape from loneliness, but even work can be an escape from aloneness. This is why our sages compared a job to a wife.
Nowadays we can see this clearly when a person misplaces his phone. After a short time he begins to lose his mind. Other people need him and he needs them! The connections are part and parcel of his life. How can he be so alone?! (A person may want a break from his phone for a time, but he will quickly begin to miss it. He had just been feeling that it was becoming a burden because he was with it 24/7.)
A person's desire to connect to other people and his need to know what is going on with them shows that he cannot be by himself. This is what leads to his running from being alone to connect to others. Not only is relating to family members and escape from loneliness, but even work can be an escape from aloneness. This is why our sages compared a job to a wife.
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