Fr. Kevin O’Brien, SJ, encourages individuals who feel lonely to try converting loneliness to solitude. He says, “You might find in those times of solitude resources you have not realized yet that are deep within you and ways of looking at the world which lead you to connection in new ways.”
Fr. O’Brien is the author of Seeing with the Heart.
Loneliness is a precious gift. Sages say, it is a special time when God is inviting his beloved to find ways and means to be of service to those in greater need.