Loneliness --- from Morrie

From "Tuesdays with Morrie":

For loneliness: you let go, let the tears flow, feel it completely - but eventually be able to say,'All right, that was my moment ith loneliness. I'm not afraid of feeling lonely, but now I'm going to put that loneliness aside and know that there are other emotions in the world as well, and I'm going to experience them as well'--- detach

When I read this chapter of the book, it totally reminded me with the experience I had last year. Now I know, detachment could be the solution of getting out of that emotion. I let the tears flow but I did not let go. That's why more tears flow. The more the tears flow, the more I can't let go. It happened like a loop. I was too busy being afraid. I was afraid of the pain. I was afraid of the grief. I was afraid of the vulnerability that loving entails. So if you don't let the experience completely penetrate you, you won't be able to detach.

I can see this as my stage of maturation, a.k.a getting old.