Feeling lonely doesn't mean you've lost your ability to connect — it means that ability is still fully alive in you. The ache is the proof, not the problem.
“Loneliness is the price of a rich inner life — it means you have the capacity to love, and that capacity has not yet found its full home. Do not mistake it for emptiness. It is, in truth, a form of fullness waiting.”
- Daisaku Ikeda, The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, Part 1