Caring isn’t always sharing. Let me explain. When you are a caring and empathetic person, you are prone to put others first and yourself last. You prioritise others and their needs and forget about your own health and well-being entirely.
Most of us live frantic lives -juggling a couple of balls in the air simultaneously but forgetting ourselves in the process.
I’ll be the first to admit that putting others second and myself first just doesn’t sit comfortably with my DNA.
But what I have come to realise, is that we can’t rescue everyone. We can’t take on everyone’s problems and challenges, at the expense of our own health and well-being.
Saying NO is okay -it’s a complete sentence. No explanation or justification is necessary. Sometimes saying no to others, means saying yes to ourselves.