You can't do it alone.
By Brian Fretwell, Finding Good Founder
We're told that the only person we can count on is ourselves. We experience how people can break our trust or break our heart. And we've all had our belief in people shattered when we discover how a person we thought was great, wasn't.
These experiences, and the reality of our imperfect and fallible nature as humans, can make it really easy to believe we don't need anyone but ourselves.
It's easy to believe that, if the only person you count on is yourself, then no one can let you down. If we only trust ourselves than no one can break that trust, or your heart. And if we choose to believe in ourselves solely, then we won't have that belief shattered.
But, however easy it is to believe, we also know it's not true.
...
The reality is, somewhere along the way, you'll let yourself down. At some point in your journey, you'll break the trust you place in yourself and your own heart along with it. And, eventually, because you are human you'll shatter the belief you have in yourself when you discover that even you aren't the person you thought you were.
Which is what can make it much easier to believe we do in fact need others.
Because, when we can't count on ourselves, having others around gives us someone to count on. When we can't trust ourselves, having people in our lives can help us rebuild that trust through our trust in them. And when our belief in ourselves is upended, having others' to believe in can help us find our feet again.
And those experiences can help us realize the true cost of believing we don't need other people.
Because, if we don't believe we need others, we'll never meet the people who are in desperate need of someone they can count on. We might not meet that person who needs someone to help them rebuild their trust and help them repair their broken heart. And that person who needs us to help them begin believing in themselves again, will find themselves trying to do it alone…
Knowing deep down, the same basic truth you and I have always known. You can't do it alone.