Similar to most things in our lives, our personal growth can also be affected heavily by the people who cross our paths. The words that are shared with us can live with us for the rest of our lives, but the words that were not shared in the empty silences that truly merited it, can change us entirely.
So, living through a delicate balance of events that are almost entirely caused by other humans and whose cumulative effects can shape us, makes it vital that we develop a strong sense of identity. In order to do so, we must first become familiar with who we are.
Jean-Paul Satre, a French playwright and philosopher, once said “If you’re lonely when you’re alone, you’re in bad company.”