I think however it is important to not underestimate how brave it is to take yourself to the place where it is OK being alone.

I've speculated on this issue for years, and I've come to the conclusion that we are pack animals and we operate best in strategic partnerships ... to be balanced enough to fulfil all our emotional and physical needs ourselves is brave and it's tough and at times it's lonely.

There is a gorgeous poem by Nan Witcomb, that articulates the enormity of what "freedom" really means ...


Freedom b

FREE, as the wind upon the ocean,
free, as a bird about to fly,
free, as a tiger in a jungle, -
freedom, that’s the universal cry
but do we cry
for freedom without thinking -
like a child wants everything he sees -
do we know that freedom can be lonely ………..
do we really have the courage
to be free ?
Free, as a gypsey in the winter,
free, as a bird without a sky,
free, as a dolphin without water, freedom -
that’s the universal cry …….

Nan Witcombe, Thoughts of Nanushka

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Never make someone a priority, who makes you an option.