Why Are Career Women More Likely to Feel Lonely? | 5 Chapters
CHAPTER 05 / 05
Being Able to Stand on Your Own Is Not the Same as Wanting to Be Alone
Independence does not mean needing no one. It means being able to choose whom you need.
I once met a woman of around thirty who possessed both beauty and intelligence. She said she had a boyfriend, yet she blushed when our hands merely touched.
Later, when we became deeply intimate, she confided that it had been her first time. She was not a woman no one had chosen.
Perhaps it was precisely because she seemed capable of living on her own that no one had found it easy to step into her life.
You have already worked hard enough. It is all right to let your guard down a little when you are with someone.
Independence does not mean needing no one.
It means being able to choose whom you need.
It means being able to choose whom you need.
You do not have to be strong all the time.
Find a place where you can safely explore how you truly feel.
