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It's Okay To Feel Alone

Loneliness is a sign of strength.

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It's Okay To Feel Alone

In all the stress and craziness that is life, we can get a little lost and feel really alone. Now, in all actuality, we are never alone. There are billions of people in the world and that will never change. You will never be the only living being on this whole planet, but that doesn’t keep you from feeling that way sometimes.

Have you ever sat in a room full of people and felt that you were the only one there? Or even if those other people are there, that you’re completely nonexistent to them? It’s a common experience for many people. Even being an extrovert, I struggle to put myself out there or feel like someone cares.

We fight and face so many problems every single day. Many of them are ones we have to figure out for ourselves. No one can pick what you should eat for lunch or what to wear. Those are our own to make, because, in all honesty, those aren’t the issues that matter. No, the one’s that matter are whether or not you should get out of bed and be a functioning human being. Whether or not to contribute to humanity at all, even by choosing to be awake.

So many times, we are consumed with our own demons. It’s been told to us for years that we have to fight our own demons and that people don’t always want to hear about your problems. I strongly believe that no person should ever have to deal with a problem by themselves, but if you must, then do so. It’s perfectly normal and natural to feel like no one cares. While that is not necessarily the case, it’s okay to feel like you’re alone in your issues. And on no level does that determine whether or not you are a good, or a nice or a fun person. Sometimes we struggle, sometimes we need solitude, sometimes we need help and that’s always okay.

Being alone and feeling alone makes you so much stronger than you will ever know. It takes a special kind of person to break out of that. To face their demons and move on, to recognize what and who you are and to move on from every bit of it. We all feel alone sometimes, but to recognize that you don’t have to be is one of the most beautiful things.

The likelihood that you are sitting ALONE in a crowded room, it quite unlikely. I’m sure there is someone there that is like you. Someone who wants to talk to you. Someone who wants to be a part of your life, you just haven’t given them the chance yet.

It’s okay to feel like you are a burden or that you have no one, but the fact of the matter is that is just not true. There are currently 7.4 billion people in the world and of those 7.4 billion, you matter just as much as anyone else. You are not alone and you never will be.

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