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Monday, December 22, 2008 12:00 AM

What your loneliness is telling you

New science says being lonely speeds aging. Old philosophy says the holiday blues are a signal to examine and change your life.
By Katharine Mieszkowski

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  • Sunday, December 21, 2008 09:07 PM

    Katherine, why did you write the last line?

    His quote was a great way to end the article -- then you threw in some snark to distance yourself and all of us from the harshness but reality and healthfulness of what he was saying. In fact you demonstrated his exact point -- we live in a culture that just can't bear to be serious and thoughtful at the right time. Maybe it's an Anglo-Saxon thing -- British phlegm -- or just the good ol bread and circuses.

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