Single and Not Ready to Mingle

The media is filled with images of love. It's the one thing that every person longs for. They want to find the perfect match, someone that they can spend the rest of their life with. Whether that be in a little house on the countryside or right in the middle of a busy city, it's normal to long to find our happy ending.

The diamond industry knows this well, and is a huge factor behind it all. By painting the perfect image of a wedding ring, people want to attain that sort of happiness, when it's really all a scam for them to make money. I fall prey to this too. One day I hope to find someone who can kneel down on one knee and ask me to marry them.

But here's the thing: love isn't everything. What? Are you serious? Yes, I'm quite serious! While love is such a wonderful thing, there's so much more to success than finding "the one." If finding love is the only thing on your agenda, you might want to think it over. Because having a healthy life means following the dreams that are meant for you and only you. Love may be a separate dream, but it's not the only thing to focus on.

As many girls, I grew up watching Disney princess movies. Of course I wanted to find a prince who would dance with me at the ball, a man who would fight dragons to be with me. But I wasn't taught the most important part of it all: that it was important to form a relationship with myself too. Because building a deep sense of self-worth and commitment is essential to living to the fullest.

Today, Disney has a few princesses who are happy being single. Merida from Brave and Elsa from Frozen are the two that come to mind. The sad thing is, many people think that the reason they are single is they must be gay. Although there would be nothing wrong with that, what is wrong is that they can't be seen as good enough by themselves.

It's okay to be single! It leaves so much time for self care and reflection, and that's great! Of course, relationships can be awesome too, but they're not the only way to live a meaningful life. Because we should not find meaning in another person, but instead, ourselves.