I find peace and serenity in simplicity.
I also find the same in long stretches of alone time.
Hours and hours alone.
I am awesome company for myself.
I keep myself entertained and happy for hours.
I find my peace alone.
And I find extreme joy in being with people who love, support, and encourage me to be my best…
I have amazing people in my life and I get better with them as my support.
The right people want what’s best for me, and I for them.
The people I enjoy the most allow and encourage me to find my peace and serenity in my solitude.
This might seem to conflict, but the right people in your life want what’s best for you…
Not for them.
They want you to do whatever it takes to find happiness and peace…
Even if it does not involve them.
You will rise to the happiness, health, and wealth levels of your tribe.
And a healthy tribe understands that for you to achieve your potential, you need to do what makes you happy and brings peace.
Even if that happiness comes from isolating yourself from your tribe.
People who demand you to conform to their expectation…
To change yourself…
To become who you are not…
Are not healthy for you.
People who ask you to change for their benefit are poison to your happiness, peace, and success.
Individuals who ask you to change for their benefit struggle to accept themselves…
… and they expect others to adapt to their state because they have an internal conflict.
Run away.
These individuals are not good for you.
And you do not need them to change for you.
You deserve to not have them in your tribe.
You will not find happiness, health, and wealth by changing for someone else’s benefit.
To make them feel better about themselves.
Find your true north, and surround yourself with people who realize that your true north might not be theirs.
I choose to isolate to become whole.
My tribe realizes the strength I find in isolation.
They encourage my periods of isolation, because when I break isolation, I am a better version of myself.
And they ultimately support my well-being, and I support theirs.
Whatever creates that well-being.
Even if it means healthy distance.
You deserve true happiness.
Whatever it takes.
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This post was previously published on mikekitko.com.
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