Choose You

 Funny how quick we are to forgive others for the grievous mistakes they have committed while you are still walking around with the guilt of your mistakes.

Easier to sacrifice yourself for others while you forget yourself.

Hilarious that you'd be willing to buy the other gender some nice three-course meal but you'd find yourself dead if you bought yourself the same.

Crazy, that you'd break your back for the entire world yet you'd never do it for you. You are willing to go an extra mile for others but you.

Sad, you see others deserve the goodness of life but you. 

A lot of us are empty walking beings because we have forgotten ourselves.

We are living in a time where we want to fit in too much that we forget ourselves.

I am not saying you be a selfish person but I dare you today to choose you.

Choose to forgive yourself at the same speed that you forgive other people. You made choices that were not good and can't run away from that. But, you made them at that time because you thought they were the best at the time. Stop carrying the guilt every day. Forgive yourself for allowing yourself not to be loved as you deserve. For holding on to a job that sucks. For holding on to friendships that drained you. You can't turn back the time but you can forgive yourself and open a new page. Stop rereading old chapters. Draw lessons and live.

I dare you to choose yourself today and love on yourself. Pamper you. Don't wait for an occasion. The way you'd break an arm and a leg to pamper others, with the same spirit do it to yourself.

Don't wait for an occasion. Take yourself out for coffee. It won't hurt.

Get yourself some affordable pedicure. Stop walking with three-year-old cuticles on your toenails because you're waiting for the next wedding.

Go an extra mile for you.

Break your back for yourself too.

With the same energy, you'd buy the other gender three-course meals, buy for yourself.

Love you. Choose you.

You see why we sometimes have bitter people and maybe you're on the list. Because we have forgotten ourselves. 

We have forgotten to take care of ourselves such that we are running on an empty tank. And, this is a very delicate place to be at. We have been made to believe one has to sacrifice just for others and not for self. 

But, I dare you today choose yourself today.

Fill up your tank. Love on yourself. Make bold decisions. Create time for you. Treat yourself. Believe in yourself again. Rediscover you.

When you choose yourself you are able to realize your boundaries.

When you choose yourself. To be there for you. To hold on to you. To go an extra mile for you. To love you. You radiate joy, peace, love not only to you but even to others.

Lest I be misquoted, you are choosing you to progress, to be nurtured so that it can flow to the world. It is not a selfish move.

You can only give what you have but are you filled? What is filling you? The best person to take care of you is YOU. The best person to love you is YOU.