Standing Alone

One must gain the strength to stand alone. One cannot possibly have another to form a whole, for that would make the person a half-person. The objective in life should be to gain wholeness in oneself, and to help one's partner achieve that exact same wholeness. It is lazy for one to merely find another to lean upon and thus cease in one's development of one's Potential Self. Instead of two halves making a whole, why not have two wholes making a perfect pair, with each able to stand by oneself if and when necessary? It is true that no one person is an island, but that is no excuse for one to forsake the ability to go it solo when the time comes.