Independence

Is independence important? Throughout life you get let down and you come across people who leave your life. Relying on people or things is a key to life for most. In the end when everything is said and done the only person you have is yourself. As a human life changing experiences are normal and natural, although most of all you need yourself. Once my grandma said, “independence is all you need.”

Life is full of events that you may never see coming. It all started my sophomore year when I thought I had the best group of people in my life. I had just went through one of the hardest things in life, loosing my grandma. It felt like watching someone standing in front of an oncoming train knowing what will happen. It was devastating to know that I lost a key person in my life and I no longer had my biggest motivator. Along with loosing my grandmother my absolute best friend, Ian went to college in New York and eventually our amazing relationship ended. This made me absolutely depressed, he was the only person that truly understood me inside and out, in a way that no one else did. We went from being unattachable for the past year to not speaking at all.

I really didn’t think things could get worse, until my “best friend” turned into a monster, someone I didn’t even know. She hurt me in ways that are indescribable, and I will never forgive her. She had convinced so many other people to just be so cruel. I kept being let down by everyone who I counted on. This is when I realized that I needed to be an independent person. I could no longer be some one who went through everyday living off other people. I knew I was strong enough to get through all of this. Independence is the most important thing in my life now. Ever since I accepted not counting on other people, my life has been so much more joyful. Not relying on other people feels so good. You have this amazing feeling inside deep down that you know you are being the best person you can possible be, don’t need anyone...