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Finding peace in solitude from "summary" of Wild by Cheryl Strayed
Alone had always felt like an actual place to me, as if it weren't a state of being, but rather a room where I could retreat to be who I really was. The fundamental fact of existence is that nobody gets to stay here forever. Nobody. I had only a little time left and I didn't want to spend it living out the cliche of the troubled woman who couldn't make her way in the world. I wanted to change. I wanted to be a woman who could get through things, a woman who could deal with whatever life throws at her. I was scared. I was scared to be alone, but I was scared to be in a relationship. I was scared to be me. I was scared to be not me. I knew that if I allowed fear to overtake me, my journey was doomed. Fear, to a great extent, is born of a story we tell ourselves, and so I chose to tell myself a different story from the one women are told. I decided I was safe. I was strong. I was brave. Nothing could vanquish me. Insisting on strength was something I clung to, as if it were a life raft. I had no experience to tell m...
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