Better Alone Than in Bad Company – Introspective Version

There are those who join groups or clubs,

not out of affinity,

but out of fear of the echo that sounds when they are alone.

They sign up for workshops,

book clubs,

parties or talks,

not because they truly enjoy being there,

but because they don’t enjoy staying home,

sitting face to face with themselves.

They confuse company with presence,

and presence with peace.

But when the gathering ends

and they return to their rooms,

they discover that the noise of others

did not cover the silence that hurts inside.

They were not poorly accompanied by others,

but by themselves,

because they didn’t know how to live with their soul,

nor recognize themselves without disguises.

Because they are turned off,

we are turned off.

We notice it,

but don’t want to see it.

That’s why they looked outside

for an answer that only lives within.

Because bad company

is not always being with harmful people;

sometimes it’s being with anyone,

just to avoid facing yourself.

So when someone chooses to be alone,

it’s not surrendering—

it’s finally learning to see oneself,

and to not fear oneself.

Because they finally understand

that true warmth

is not found in the group,

but in inner calm,

the kind that, once it arrives,

never leaves.

What you hated most about yourself

disappears,

turns into love,

into purpose,

into absolute truths.

And then,

when you achieve that,

when you feel that peace,

you’ll discover you were never alone:

and the best company

is being with yourself.

And that is the most important thing.

And that is when the saying makes sense,

not as rejection,

but as wisdom:

Better alone than in bad company

of that old version you are no longer.