“Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you.
You must travel it by yourself.
It is not far. It is within reach.
Perhaps you have been on it since you were born, and did not know.
Perhaps it is everywhere―on water and land.”
―Walt Whitman
What road have you had to travel entirely on your own?
It is very difficult for me to think, and think again, about times in life in which I have considered that I was completely on my own. Each time I remember a time or incident I search in my mind for someone or something that I believed was supporting me and find that source. Work, study, travel, volunteering, playing, loving…there was, I thought, something that was there to be with me. This is not to say that all have been successful but it was not because I was counting only on myself. Interestingly, the factor that many people seem to consider “being on their own” is having to eat meals by themselves. I enjoy having company but do not feel concerned one bit when I eat alone, at home or outside. I enjoy my own company.