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My topic for this entry is relationships. This was a tough one until I went on Facebook and saw how much people really do talk about them. So many people seem to let their entire state of being and their entire disposition revolve around their current relationship status. I would almost bring it to the level of calling it a societal obsession. Every day when I log onto Facebook or Tumblr, even AIM and Skype, I see statuses, posts, and messages about a boy who left or a girl who broke a heart. It really is something that our everyday lives have revolved around and unfortunately may continue to revolve around. By no means am I saying that all relationships are not real, normal, or healthy. I simply want to bring to everyone’s attention that there is much more to life than who someone is dating. All too often people gauge their success, social status, or happiness based on whether or not they are with someone who ‘they love and loves them back’. Almost everyone is guilty of it, myself included. The reason I write this is to say that while relationships can be nice to have, they are definitely not necessary. Living life constantly searching for someone to fulfill a need in you isn’t a healthy way to live life. For example, say you are in a relationship and you have been for many months. You may feel that you need your significant other in your life for one reason or another. Things happen in life and people’s feelings can change. People should be able to stand up as their own person. A healthy relationship is being able to stand on your own two feet and not defining yourself on who you are with and where you are headed with that person. I’m NOT saying avoid these relationships, I’m simply saying that from what I’ve seen, people ten to get too attached and intertwined. Keep relationships focused on what matters, make sure there’s emotion behind any physical intimacy, and most of all: be happy of who you are, not who you are with your significant other. There’s so much to life, so make sure you live it. 

-Michael