I believed someone would always be there.

There comes a point in life when, no matter how many people surround you, you feel completely alone. You want to share something heavy, your sadness, your pain, your confusion. You check your phone, scroll through contacts, think of someone who’ll understand. But the truth hits hard: there is no one. And that’s not because people don't care, it's just how the universe works.

Even in my own love life, I believed someone would always be there. We build dreams together, think that they’ll hold us when we fall. But when the time comes, when your world starts crumbling quietly, you realize that no one can truly feel your pain except you.

The poet Rumi once said, “The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” Maybe that’s what the universe is trying to do. It pulls you away from noise, from dependency, from temporary hands so that you can finally meet yourself.

You see, most people think being alone is a curse. But being alone doesn't mean being lonely. It is actually the time when you grow the most. Like the Japanese art of Kintsugi, where broken pottery is repaired with gold, life uses your cracks to build something more beautiful. It is during these alone times you understand what truly matters, and most importantly, who truly matters.

Have you read Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl? He writes about surviving the Holocaust, one of the most brutal experiences a human can face. Yet even in that darkness, he discovered this: you can strip a person of everything, but you can never take away their ability to choose their attitude. That is the power of inner strength.

When people stop showing up, it hurts. But slowly, you realize that maybe they were never meant to stay. Maybe their part in your story is over. And you? You are still here. Breathing. Growing. Learning to hold your own hand.

We often think someone else will fix us. But the truth is, no one is coming to save you. Not your partner, not your friend, not your parents. You have to show up for yourself. That is the real game-changer.

Even the Bhagavad Gita reflects this truth. It says:

"उद्धरेदात्मनाऽत्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत
आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मनः"

One must elevate, not degrade, the self by one’s own mind. The mind is the friend of the soul, and the mind is also the enemy of the soul.

This verse reminds us that no one is coming to save us. We are our own responsibility. Our own savior. And once you accept that, the silence of being alone becomes the sound of true inner strength.

So if today you're sitting in silence, feeling unseen, just remember this silence is not empty. It is full of answers. It is preparing you to rise in ways you never imagined.

After all, you have to stay alone.

But once you stop fighting that truth, you’ll find something more powerful than comfort. You’ll find self-mastery.

And that is where real life begins.