There are so many ways to help each other connect, take care of each other, and end loneliness in our lives. Let's share them here together.

One way to end loneliness is to connect with your neighbors in a Cohousing Movement community. 115 so far across the U.S. http://www.cohousing.org/

Share solutions to enforced elder/senior solitude in the Aging In Community chapter in Audacious Aging book: http://www.AudaciousAging.com/

@sallyTV TV can induce feelings of isolation and loneliness. Darkness and the Internet don't help. Visit some LOLcats, comment on some blogs

@midnightfoxe The internet is all about distractions. Just take a moment to realize how many are out there watching you tweet, hardly alone!

@gtgraves That's the way to do it: know that you will feel better out the other end. Start picturing all the people you will soon see/know..

R/T Marjorie Williams: Have you noticed how we tend to use internet, TV and "noise" to medicate 4 loneliness and emptiness we sometimes feel?

"Happiness has been flat, trending somewhat downward... we know that we have to make some changes" - Al Gore at The Climate Project Nashville,TN

How to Overcome #Loneliness When Surrounded by People http://bit.ly/aAAu There are some good tips here, sez @RonHagenhoff:

RT Deepak Chopra Quotes: If you cannot see your shadow you must be standing in darkness

RT Mike Gamble: Caregivers Of Spouses with Dementia Report Less Enjoyment, Sadness, and Loneliness - http://bit.ly/7k0KND

“Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.” - "People's History" author Howard Zinn, dead at 87 yesterday

"Don't get involved in a social network unless there's 7 people you have emotional connections with" - Christopher Allen #smwsf #smw