It's better to walk the world alone than the wrong person by your side
It’s better to walk the world alone than with the wrong person by your side.
Not an easy thing to hear, but a life changing one.
Who you choose to put by your side; who you give time, energy, vulnerability, love to; who you give yourself to; who you share your dreams with; is incredibly important.
There have been moments in my past where I felt like I lost myself, truly lost myself. I didn’t quite understand how it had happened. How something that started off as fun with many value-adds that I would try to justify, somehow left me feeling broken...the love dimmed...the light dimmed...Even though the person I had been putting by my side was a “good person.”
“It doesn’t matter if it’s not forever, I can enjoy it for now,” I would say.
But it does matter.
“It’s better than going through the pandemic alone,” I’ve heard some say.
But it’s not.
“It’s better to have some form of stability, even if it’s unhealthy, than inviting more instability in my life right now.”
Is it really better though? At what cost?
They say you become the average of the five people you surround yourself with the most. Well, your partner, lover, boyfriend/girlfriend is the person you, at that given moment of time, are giving most of your energy to. Not just that, but you’re taking from them as well; and what you take from the wrong person you will need to cleanse away.
Being with the wrong person takes you off your path, it distracts you. It makes you believe that love is hard, love is rare, love is unhealthy, love is consuming. It makes you feel worse about yourself--even if you think you’re too strong for those thoughts. Your attachment will build regardless, keeping you further from a path of love, self growth, exploration, and building. (Continued in comments) away.
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