独居生活的回报

前些日子，我的一个熟人，一位热爱交际且富有魅力的男士告诉我，他意外地发现自己竟然能够在纽约这样的地方，在约会间隔的空闲时间独处而没感到寂寞。趁着那一两小时的空闲，他去了惠特尼博物馆，四处浏览着展品，无比幸福地度过了那些时光。发现独自一人也能如此幸福，他感觉像坠入爱河般震惊。

The Rewards of Living a Solitary Life

The other day an acquaintance of mine, a gregarious and charming man, told me he had found himself unexpectedly alone in New York for an hour or two between appointments. He went to the Whitney and spent the ＂empty＂ time looking at things in solitary bliss. For him it proved to be a shock nearly as great as falling in love to discover that he could enjoy himself so much alone.