Owner of a lonely heart

Forty years ago, the Beatles asked the world a question.
They wanted to know where all the lonely people came from.
My theory is that sometimes we ignore our own needs so we can meet other people's needs.
We ignore our friends and families so we can make other people happy.
Which means that, at the end of the day, all we really have is ourselves.
And nothing in this world can make you feel more alone than that.

Four hundred years ago, another English guy had an opinion on being alone. John Donne. He thought we were never alone.
Of course it was fancier when he said it. No man is an island entire onto himself.
Boil down that island talk and he just means that all anyone needs is someone to step in and let us know we're not alone.
out.