The Great Pain of Loneliness--A Catholic's Thoughts. An article

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see https://www.pittsburghcatholic.org/...ain-of-loneliness-to-joy-of-solitude-72599987

All of us can recall times when we have felt terribly alone, even in a crowd or sadly when we were forsaken by someone we thought we could trust. We experience the pain of loneliness when we are really sick, when we have no one to take us to the doctor, when a phone call we longed to receive never comes.
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The solution to this pain is not to deny it or escape from it by losing oneself in the media world or by engaging in unsatisfying work just to kill time. We need to face the reality of aloneness while seeking its deeper meaning in solitude…
 
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Yeah, I’m not a fan of Dr. Susan Muto writing a very lengthy article on this topic.

I much prefer what I heard recently: when we feel lonely, it’s God (or Jesus, if one prefers) calling us to be closer to him.

The article pretty much says the same thing, but takes an entire long article to say it.
 
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The article pretty much says the same thing, but takes an entire long article to say it.
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That’s one of my struggles in life. If you asked for directions would they spend 20 minutes telling you all the different things you will walk past?
 
Loneliness or long explanations instead of getting to the point?
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That’s one of my struggles in life. If you asked for directions would they spend 20 minutes telling you all the different things you will walk past?
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Loneliness or long explanations instead of getting to the point? Not being a smarta**, serious question. The reason I ask is that I also suffer from loneliness and also anxiety/depression at times.
 
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