IT IS. I was seated before two friends and we were trying to comfort
a friend who's currently depressed over lost love. It dawned on
me that I used to be in this situation, but if I try to look back
now--I have fought the good fight of loving myself.
How did I overcome such? It was difficult, but I was determined
to finish it off slowly but surely. I went back into poetry writing,
meeting with my friends, and then trying to make myself attuned
with life by expressing my aesthetic sense.
I am thankful that my friend, Vanessa was and is always there--just
like what I said to our colleague and friend in the writing world
that if I am to choose--between having a relationship, an intimate
relationship and a deeper friendship--I would still want to keep
my friends. Friends keep me afloat and I wouldn't get to the point
of exchanging them with anything else.
Don't get me wrong--I am still open to having a relationship, but
now, again and again--I am happy and enjoying being single. I have
learned to value myself now and learned to love myself. It is loving
myself and having the abundance of love that enables me to share
love and be able to love some more.
Now, I am not depressed. I chose not to be.
