Stand up for YOU!

I know you have all heard the saying "you gotta take care of you first!" With that in mind why let anyone take you away from yourself? It sounds peculiar but a lot of us do it. We put everyone before ourselves. We may cater to egos, babysit feelings or send our feelings to the backseat. I'm not saying you should be totally selfish.  What I am saying is to be mindful about the things you do and allow others to do toward you. if you live for others you will wake up one day and say " Who am I? What am I doing?"  When you do finally  notice what you have been doing the people closest to you probably won't understand. They will say and or think "How can he/she do and say these things but feel a completely different way?" Its a little tricky to explain.  Bottom line be honest and truthful to YOURSELF first! At the end of the day your all you have. No matter what's going on and who is around, YOU always have to answer to yourself.  We all want genuine happiness, inner peace, and true love and it all starts within. Search deep and think hard about things that are going on and take control. Have that tough conversation, let that lack luster "friendship" go, tell your significant other your truest feelings (good, bad, or ugly), let your parents know how they can no longer control you, whatever is on your heart that is weighing on you LET IT OUT and BE TRUE TO YOU!