Quote Originally Posted by razz View Post
OK!!!! I protest this gloom and doom. We can do something about it, each and everyone of us instead of crying; go for a walk greeting your neighbours or find someone to greet. My dog and I do this twice a day and have friends along the different routes we take. People going by in their different vehicles usually take care to give me and my dog clearance and I nod my thanks. Now I get a wave from many of them. The sense of community begins with me wanting one and willing to invest the effort in creating one. End of protest.
When you get old sometimes you cannot walk.

When you get old you can lose your mind. While my mother was driving home from visiting her mother in the nursing home my grandmother would call her saying, "Why don't you ever visit me?" She could not remember the visit she just had.

So yes it can be lonely.