single living

I'm not sure I like living alone. I like having my own space, I like being able to put my things exactly where I want them and do exactly as I feel...

But I am reminded of when I had a single dorm room in college. I had my own room and bathroom, able to do exactly what I wanted with the space...but just outside my door I had a community of people. If I wanted to be alone, I would spend time in my room - but when I felt like interacting with others I would leave my door open, or venture out into the common areas to see what was going on. And you never knew what you would find. People would stop by to visit you if your door was open. You could find yourself in a conversation with a person you might never have otherwise singled out.

That was a good time in life. And most people I knew were happy. But now we have all sectioned off and split ourselves. We've put up these barriers, social and physical, so that we cannot have the same open community we once did.

Is that just the natural progression of things? That we all "grow up" sometime? Or do we have it all wrong in singling each other out and sectioning off into what we think is supposed to be "right"?