Lew Whitaker

is w…rough when it matters, asking for (and offering) favors. This is what makes this life worth living. When we’re lonely, what we’re really craving is more connecting, not more connections. Stumbling home after 3 a.m. exhausting every truth we have in our arsenal, armor laid at the feet o…

…, a fire-hose bulging and bursting from the inside-out, yet a mere mist when sprayed at its target. Loneliness is an unfulfilled desire for connection with others, a loathing and resignation that’s directed inward … the electrical voltage that sparks connection reversed and turned upon itself, paralyzing you the…

… another planet thrust into a foreign culture. That’s almost loneliness, but still not quite right. Real loneliness runs deeper than that. It’s feeling alone even when you aren’t actually alone.