Our biggest goal as human beings is happiness. We are always searching for it. We think the new dress will bring it to us or our lover will make us happy all the time, perhaps the promotion at work will invite happiness in, or the salary raise, the new car, the haircut or weight loss. All of these things will bring you happiness but it will be brief, a fleeting moment which feels great and if you squint a little it will indeed make you think it is true happiness. But they are

We all look at independence as a strength. "Oh look at Sarah and how independent she is, she doesn’t need anyone to help her financially or emotionally. She has it all worked out for herself." On the outside yes, and a level of independence is important for all of us, but when it becomes part of your survival mechanism then we have a problem. Independence can start to instill in us that we do not need anyone else, that we can do everything ourselves and we can walk this world