Sometimes you hurt more people by being selfless than by being selfish.
This thought came to me today. It’s hard to do what you think is right when it hurts yourself… and a lot of other people in the process. I’ve come to realize that this summer I became a much better person and this is because… I am a little more selfish. Funny. I had never thought that actually caring about myself could make so many people happy.
Because when you let someone take advantage of you, you’re really hurting all of the people that really care about you.
I make people smile all the time now.
On Friday someone said to me, “Every time I see you, I smile. You’ve made my day twice today…”
It makes me feel good. It makes me feel like I’m doing what I’m actually meant to do. Because my job is to make people happy.
I am the Seventeenth Star, after all.
So in the words of Dia Frampton “Make a resume… all the things that make up who you are.”
So make a list of all the reasons why it’s okay for you to be a little selfish.
Why you should love you.
Why other people should love you.
Here’s the beginnings of my list:
- I love to make people smile.
- I have pretty good grammar.
- I’m a decent writer.
- I have good taste in music.
- I have a lot of friends.
- I am eccentric.
- I write this to try and make my reader’s happy, to make me happy. I am being selflessly selfish and THAT makes me awesome.
Make your list! Love thyself! But don’t forget your friends and family, too. Hehe.
Until we meet again under the blue moon,
Alyce
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