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Accepting that connection is optional, not compulsory feels like the true sign of arrival. Not needing it to prove anything, not using it to fill a void, just being able to be, with or without it

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Connection with any given person may be optional, but everyone should have at least some kind of social connections in this world.

The author seems to be pointing toward the freedom of not chasing connection out of insecurity, which is healthy

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