If you make friends with yourself you will never be alone
The first thing I learned in life as a teenager was learning to become friends with myself. I wasn't privileged to enjoy certain benefits most children did, I grew up in a kind of survival mode system where I found myself all by myself. It had a certain effect on me as a young boy but also taught me to depend on myself and enjoy my company. One thing I never felt in my later days was loneliness, because my earlier days helped me understand loneliness and how well to cope with it all by myself.
Unfortunately not everyone grew up in the kind of environment that I did and lonely time seemed to be like an odd and dreadful time. It became a portal through which many teenagers lost track in pursuit for company and validation. The likely reason why people feel despised, lonely, sideline, and forsaken is because they've either failed or did not learn to make friends with themselves, so they neglect the "you" in search of society to befriend. But then this act gradually leads to forsaking your one true friend, which is yourself, to seek company with whoever is open to welcome you.
You are your first lover, friend, and confider. If you make friends with yourself you will never be alone. In your darkest moments, in times when the world turns her back against you , and the tides turn her direction away from you, there'll always be "yourself" standing with you to hear all the silent cries , the pain, and agony you feel within. It's not about the moments when things flow to your favor, it's about the moments when no one is there and loneliness creeps in , hoping to take hold of you. When you are your friend, loneliness will only be an illusion.
