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The kindest thing that literature does is remind you that your little peculiar feelings have always existed. Someone, in some century, felt equally bewildered by love, bored by society, tired of pretending, and hungry for meaning.

Being comfortable alone is a superpower. Eating alone. Movies alone. Travel alone. Most people need constant company. They're afraid of their own thoughts. But solitude is where you meet yourself. Where clarity lives. Where peace exists. If you can't be alone, you'll accept anyone. Master solitude. Then choose company.

Listen to me. This is your life and no one else's. At the end of the day, it is you who has to be happy with the choices you are making, food you are eating, things you are doing, goals you are pursuing. Do not let the opinions and judgments of others stop you from doing what you feel and know in your heart is right for you. Eat the food that makes you feel best. Do what makes you feel at peace. Surround yourself with people who make you feel good, who make you laugh, who sincerely make you smile. Go after what you want, not because someone else is telling you to, but because you want to. Listen to that inner voice, trust your gut, and trust yourself.

Someday, you'll realize that everything you've gone through was a blessing in disguise. Things didn't work out the way you expected them to because you were being prepared for something better, and all the restless nights wondering why everything happened to you will finally make sense.