But most of us are. It' s spiritual heart disease - loneliness and isolation. On the Internet this sense of isolation is profound. Our lives are crowded with people, yet what we crave is intimacy - the certain knowledge that someone is familiar with us, that someone knows who we are and cares about what happens to us. We are designed to connect with other human beings.
Friendship is a virtue . . .
The fact is we need friendship. But for many of us it seems so difficult. More important to ask is how can you be a friend. Not surprisingly, if you make an effort to show an interest in someone else's life, you will soon find that you not only are a friend but have a friend, too. We can't remember the moment now, but sometime in kindergarten either Jocelyn or I had to make the first move.