Stepping Stones

It is so much easier to look from the outside in, than it is to look from the inside out.

To be able to watch your friend being visually de-clothed by the guy next to her and cringe, want to grab her and run, is easier than being the girl being looked at.  It's also easier to say, "don't give your name out" to your friend, than being the person in that situation and when asked "what is your name?"  you tell them.

And even though your friend knows that you think the guy is manipulative, that he will hurt her, she sometimes simply has to go through the whole "relationship" - whatever that may consist of - in order to move past that stone.

Yep, some "relationships" are just stepping stones to who we are meant to be; and who we are meant to be with - whether that be with someone worthy of a relationship, or by ourselves.