Responsibility for your own well-being doesn't mean solitude. It means being interdependent instead of dependent. It means choosing people freely instead of needing them desperately. There's a huge difference, and I think that's what I was missing. 🤝

What's best for me is to let people matter without letting them define me. To have deep connections without making those connections the foundation of my stability. To need people—because that's honest, we do need each other—while making sure that need comes from a healthy place, not a desperate one. 💗

I think what's best for me is to move from "no one is coming to rescue me" to "I'm here to build alongside other people, not to be built by them." That's different. That opens up space for real partnership without the codependency trap. 🌱

The strongest version of myself isn't the isolated version. It's the version that can stand alone if needed but chooses to stand beside others anyway. What's best for me is understanding that self-reliance and connection aren't opposing forces—they're actually the healthiest combination. 💎

Can you be completely whole on your own and still choose to be incomplete with someone else in a way that brings joy instead of desperation? That's what I'm learning is possible. And that's what's best for me. ✨