__Its a beautiful thing to be in love. To be admired and cherished by that person that is just right for you.  Spending time together, getting to know one another on a deep level that really draws you both in to hear more about their lives.  Love with another person is such an amazing thing to experience. You know what is just as amazing as being with someone all the time & loving another person?  Its loving yourself & being alone. Completely opposite sides of the spectrum, but I’m telling you its just as powerful.__

From past experience, I literally didn’t think I could live without being with someone. (This isn’t hypothetical, I really didn’t think I could live)  I got so consumed into another persons world, that I made this person my everything and when that everything was gone, I felt like I had nothing. What was I living for anymore if I didn’t have this person in my world?  Who was I anymore?  This is one reason why I believe its great to have relationships and break up and spend time alone so you realize that you do need time with yourself.  You’ve really got to discover what it is inside of yourself that you are living for so if something does potentially happen down the road of a relationship, you still have yourself. You still are okay inside to move on. You may be sad, but its not the end of the world when it happens.

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Being Alone &amp; Single is Amazing! Over the past 4 years that I have been, I have experienced some incredible events.  I’ve really learned about myself.  I’ve found out what I want when it comes to love, I’ve learned to love myself fully and be with myself without needing someone else there to keep me company.  I am my own best friend, and since I am my best friend, I never feel lonely.  That's the one thing I feel like people get confused about being alone.  Just because you are alone, doesn’t mean you are lonely if you love yourself.  On the other hand though, if you don’t love yourself and you are alone, most likely you will be lonely because you haven’t found that place inside of yourself to come to that is always there for you, so you tend to reach out to other people to fill that void for you.

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I get so excited to spend time with myself, although I’m always with myself even when I’m with people, when its just me I really feel another level of vulnerability come out.  There's always one side of yourself that you never show anyone, and that's the side I feel like is meant for you and you alone.  Diving deep within to areas inside of yourself that really help you see what you want out of life. This place also helps you see what you don’t want.  You begin to see your worth here.  You see what you will commit to in a partnership and what you won’t.  You see what your values are.  You also see that you don’t need another person to make you feel whole.

Now being alone and single, doesn’t mean you can’t go out and have fun, play around, have sex, adventure, have little flings, That's exactly what it is about I’d say.  I've learned the most through all of those experiences while being alone.  I’ve gone from, wanting to have multiple people I’m talking to, knowing that its not going to lead anywhere, to maybe this can be a potential person that I really want to be with, to literally not wanting to be with anyone.  I've gone from one hobby to the next, Yoga, Dance, Singing, Hula Hoop, Running, Weights, Drawing, Poetry, to not wanting to do any of them.   Its okay to take on something and not commit to it, but just see what you like for the moment.  That's exactly what I have done being single and alone.  Discovering what I enjoy, adventuring out and becoming curious instead of settling down knowing that this is the one thing forever that is going to be in my life.

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People have asked me, Why I've been single for so long, and one of the reasons is because I know what I want and I’m not going to settle for just any person because they are there.  Another reason is because I love myself and I have fun alone by myself, and I feel like another person is just a plus to add to that happiness, and if they subtract from your happiness then that's no one to settle down with either. At the moment I haven’t met anyone who tops the happiness I have alone. I take every moment of being alone &amp; single to my full advantage because I know one day I will be committed to someone and this time will be in the past and ill be ready to adventure into the world of commitment.  When that one person does comes along though, we both will know that we are whole without each other and we have our own things we love to do so we don’t get swallowed up by one another and not have our own lives.

Life changes in the blink of an eye and the only thing that will ever be there through it with you, is yourself.  Get to know yourself and love yourself &amp; become your best friend.  That's the one committed relationship I will always have whether I am alone or dating someone, I will always be committed to myself.
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