Do you insist on going through life all alone? Some say it is easier to be independent and to do everything by yourself with no one there by your side, but being utterly alone sounds worse. “Standing alone doesn’t mean I am alone, it means I am strong enough to handle things all by myself.”(Unknown) Letting others into the realm of your world that you have tried so desperately to stay hidden and undiscoverable can be intimidating, but never letting anyone close to you cannot be the answer.

There are so many people who insist on going through life alone because they are scared if they let someone into what has always been familiar to them, they might get hurt, and getting hurt to some feels worse than being on your own forever. “We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone in groups, alone in races, even alone in genders.”(Maya Angelou)

When you think about all the people in this world who are still single and have not found the “one” yet, you sometimes wonder, maybe the one is not out there. Does the one really exist? Or is it a figment of a greater imaginative dream, that we try so desperately to have come true? Is there even such thing as a soul mate and true love?

I personally do not believe in soul mates or true love, but some still do. The ones who still believe that love can be magical and exciting are the dreamers and the optimists and for some, including me, just do not categorize under either of those titles. Some do believe that there is someone out there for everyone, not a soulmate, but a partner that they could be content sharing their life with.

Some choose dependency on others than being independent to their self. Being self-independent does not mean one has to set themselves up for a lifetime of loneliness with no one around ever. One can be independent and have people surround them who care and love them. “The loneliest people are the kindest. The saddest people smile the brightest. The damaged people are the wisest. All because they do not wish to see anyone else suffer the way they do.”(Anonymous)