Independence from Others. Tawakkal (Trust) in God

A friend once quoted to me a gem from a scholar: “Get used to loneliness, because afflictions arise with people.”
Sometimes people hurt you.  Sometimes the pain is inconceivable.  Once I had an emotional pain that turned into a physical pain; it was so strange.  I was ready to move on, forgive and forget, but something in me did not want to [...]