LEV1024 Trust in God when alone. Every person is necessarily in one of two situations: either he is a stranger or he lives among family and friends. If he is a stranger, he should, whenever he feels lonely, find companionship in God and, in his condition as a stranger, places trust in Him. He should bear in mind that the soul is also a stranger in this world, and the inhabitants of the earth are like strangers on it, as it says in Scripture: “For to Me you are strangers and temporary residents” (Vayikra 25:23). He should think of how anyone who has relatives will, in a short while, be left a solitary stranger; neither relative nor child will help him, not one of them will accompany him. He should also consider that he is freed from the heavy burden of supporting relatives and fulfilling obligations toward them, and regard this as one of the blessings the Creator has bestowed upon him. For if he is busy with secular interests and providing for his material needs, his labors are lighter without wife or child, and their absence means rest for him and is beneficial to him. And if he is concerned about his latter end, his mind is undoubtedly clearer and freer when he is in a state of solitude.