Alone is a physical fact, but lonely is a self imposed state of mind. I have been lonely when surrounded by people who love and care for me. It is a choice. I suppose there are a few who will be lonely as a consequence of circumstance, who would choose to not be lonely, but for the most part the loneliness is a result of the walls we build, of the assumptions we make and hold dear, of the anger that we project. I choose to not be lonely. Connection to another human being, spiritually, verbally, or physically is generally possible for everyone. I think without exception, everytime I have been lonely in the past, I can see now that it was my choice, it was my walls and it was my anger, or my pain that drove the wedge between me and the balance of the world.