Ladies, I know how hard it is to be alone. I know it can be tough being single when cuddle season is right around the corner and every person you see on the street is holding the hand of another. I know it can be challenging to go to sleep every night not knowing if the next day you wake up will be the day you meet your Mr. Forever. I know it can be discouraging when you have so much love to give and no one to give it to. And I know how tempting it can be to give your precious, sacred love to a person because you have faith they will give it back.

But let me tell you, your person will never make you feel like you have to give anything away. Your person will never give you doubt that the love they have kept in their heart for their entire life has always been meant for you. Your person is not seasonal or optional or convenient. Your person, I promise you, is out there.

There are duds, my friends. There are people who will mask themselves as your person to get any form of love they can from you. There are those who will make you feel loved for a price. There will be times when you will be misguided, mistreated and misled by someone who you mistook as your person.

All of these false forevers may harden you heart; however, let me encourage you to keep yours open. Your heart should be a gated community complete with bouncers and a password. Only the few willing to memorize it and make friends Bruno can get through. While standards and morals and attraction and everything in between are essential, being open to love is critical when it finally comes knocking.

But, friends, please stop relying on a person to find happiness.

The moment you stop counting down the days until you find love will be the moment you find yourself. As cliché as it sounds, there is a freedom that comes with being content with the unknown. There is joy that comes with being content with yourself.

Not that love won't be amazing and that I am not looking forward to finding it, but I love being single. And I love being happy. And regardless of what society or late night loneliness whispers in my ear, I don't think I have to chose between the two.

I am so excited to find my person. I look forward to the future and am ready for it when it comes. But for right now, my person is me, and we are getting along just fine.