A woman who knows herself.

A woman who has known and learned to love herself begins to live in the world in a completely different way. The one who has accepted and loved her loneliness, turning it into pleasure, makes completely different choices in life. She stops looking at the world through the eyes of an anxious girl, looking for in every passing man the very one who will come, save, love, take care and, finally, ease her suffering, thereby replacing her mother. She stops pretending to be independent. Stops playing the role of independent and successful, waiting for the moment when he can emotionally hang on to someone. Her joy is not feigned and ceases to be a mask to attract men. Her joy becomes simply a condition of life.