Elvis Presley – rich, famous, adored by millions worldwide – admitted:
“I’m lonely as hell.”
Michael Jackson, tragic figure of the pop world:
“There were times when I had great times with my brothers, pillow fights and things, but I used to always cry from loneliness.”
As Mother Teresa (who spent her life caring for some of the poorest people in the world) observed:
“The most terrible poverty is loneliness and the feeling of being unloved.”