It is better to be alone than to be with someone who makes you feel lonely.
But I always ask this: Who are you when youre alone with your mind?
And are you happy?
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Do you feel at home with yourself?
Often the answer is no.
And that is why alone is considered something that is uncomfortable, and something that most human beings avoid.
Its difficult, its hard to be alone.
And that is something you dont have to be ashamed of.
At the end of the day, we need one another.
We need meaningful relationships, we need that interaction.
It is why we have evolved and survived for so long as a species.
This is your reminder that alone is not synonymous with not good enough.
Alone is knowledge, in yourself and in your hopes.
Alone is not lonely.
Alone is not broken.
We no longer seek external validation as a means of feeling loved, or worthy.
We have done the work to love ourselves.
We have done the work to be okay within our quiet, within our calm, within our minds.
Instead, we have faced the fear.
We have grown within it.
We have learned how to be strong on our own.
How to build that foundation.
It is no longer a question of if someone likes you, if you are good enough.
However this kind of growth is so incredibly difficult at first.
Slowly alone becomes something that feels less uncomfortable.
Slowly, our alone becomes a beautiful place to be.
To start leaning into your own soul.
To finally sit with yourself and listen to your needs and know yourself.
To do the work.
That is when you know you better start learning how to give yourself the same love you seek externally.
That is when you know you oughta quiet the distractions, you oughta be okay in your own company.
Because it is better to be alone than to be with someone who makes you feel lonely.
It is better to be alone than to lose yourself in the need for external validation.
It is better to be alone.
