Loneliness : A path out
Loneliness, a state of mind.
One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. Proverbs 18:24
Loneliness is defined as sadness because one has no friends or company. It is an emotional feeling (and feeling it is) from the inner self or soul realm.
It is often said that it is possible to have a lot of people around us and yet still feel lonely. That is because loneliness is not necessarily a lack of people surrounding us, but a lack of people to whom we feel connected to in some sense.
For this reason, it is possible to be in a marriage and feel lonely, if we are not connected to our spouse in that inner space. It is also possible therefore to be in a family and still feel lonely and alone, for the same reason.
Sad as it may, children and young adults do sometimes fall into this, and unless, the matter is nipped in the bud very quickly, the feeling can develop into other mental, emotional and even spiritual matters.
