They say no man is an island and really, that’s the reality of life. God didn’t create us to be alone and that’s why when he created Adam, he created Eve to be with Adam as a companion. That explains the reason why we are born into our various families so that we can have people to have our backs, guide us and be our safe space through thick and thin.
Life itself is hard. There’s a lot going on each and everyday and everyone has their own problems. At the end of the day, we all need someone to share our good and bad days with. Growing up, I didn’t have much friends aside the ones I made in school and in my community. I didn’t know much about life but these friendships I had built at the young age kept me going. Today when I look back and remember all the memories we shared together, my heart flows with joy.
Now, I’m much older and living a totally different life. There was actually a time in my life when I thought I needed others to be happy. If I didn’t speak to my friends I would just be sad the whole day. This landed me into depression because I was waiting for people to make me happy. But really, no one was coming to save me. Someone told me this in that moment and it has stuck with me till today. They say ‘ happiness doesn’t come from other but rather, it’s a state of mind’. I didn’t understand it then and it took a lot of reflection before I finally understood the depth of this statement.
Let’s dive deeper. Let’s assume you woke up from bed today and decided you were going to have bad day. Trust me, you would have a bad day because the thought has already been embedded in your brain, what’s left is for you to just let it play out the bad way you want it to. You’d realise petty thing made you sad, unnecessary things will trigger you all because in your mind, your day is going bad. That’s how the whole concept of happiness work.
I’ve had my fair share of friendships turning bad and I’ve finally come to understand that friendship is important, but not every friendship is worth holding on to. I’m happy whether I have friends or not because I do thing that make me happy. I have fun on my own, do stuff I enjoy and just live my life. If my friends want to hang out, we do so and also have fun together. But there is really no day I’d think or say that I need people to make me happy.
Life with others is good, it’s fun and you get to create memories together. I can’t even imagine my life without some of my friends right now. But if they’re not around, my life will still go on because it doesn’t revolve around them but rather, they’re a part of it. Life is a simple as it can get so let’s not complicate it for ourselves.
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