And I would add this, a beautiful poem by Raymond Carver, which pretty well defines my sense of the opposite of lonely:
Late Fragment - by Raymond Carver And did you get what you wanted from this life, even so? I did. And what did you want? To call myself beloved, to feel myself beloved on the earth. John On Sep 30, 2014, at 2:15 PM, Harold Shinsato via OSList wrote: > Annamarie, > > Thank you for a lovely question! The opposite of lonely is what I very often > experience in Open Space. This theme also resonates to much of what we talked > about on the OS Hotline today. > > I must confess to have used an internet thesaurus to answer your question. > http://www.thesaurus.com. In English at least, some opposites of lonely are > (the emphasis in bold is my own): > > * populated > * sociable > * befriended > * close > * frequented > * inhabited > * loved > * unlonely > > Warm Regards, > Harold > > On 9/30/14 4:54 AM, Annamarie Pluhar via OSList wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> For work that I'm doing that has nothing to do with OS... because there are >> a lot of people on this list who are multi-lingual I hope that you will >> forgive me for asking an off topic question. >> >> For those who have a mother tongue (father tongue?) that is not English.... >> Does your language have a word that is the opposite of "lonely"? >> >> Feel free to respond to me off list.. >> >> annama...@pluharconsulting.com >> >> Thanks! >> >> Annamarie Pluhar >> >> Pluhar Consulting >> http://www.pluharconsulting.com >> 802.451.1941 >> 802.579.5975 (cell) >> _______________________________________________ >> OSList mailing list >> To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org >> To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: >> http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org >> > > > -- > Harold Shinsato > har...@shinsato.com > http://shinsato.com > twitter: @hajush > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org > To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org