how your solitude appears to other people is none of your business. their projections and perceptions of how you reclaim yourself is not your responsibility to carry. your reclusiveness is not at anyone’s disposal but your own.
i used to be in awe of relationships that stood the test of time, but now, it’s the connections that have genuine happiness within them that are gold to me. years mean nothing when the journey to bring you to where you are has been miserable and low vibrational.
you betray your growth every time you hold onto a connection that has passed its sell by date. you deserve to be the fullest version of you, and anything that isn’t in line with that is only blocking your pathways to growth. take your grip off expired energy.
All that is gold does not glitter; not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither; deep roots are not reached by the frost.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN