Me Before You

I'm trying so very hard to make myself happy. I have done some selfish things in the process, but I figured, for a lifetime of selflessness, I could afford to do a few things for myself.

I have learned to say no, and discovered how to be comfortable saying yes.

People will say what they will about my actions and decisions, but I know what is good for me.

I will not live for anyone else ever again. I have felt what it is like to be selfish, and let me tell you, it is so much better than living to please others.

I will never dress, act, or speak to please another human being as long as I live.

I have wasted so much time under the comfort of someone else's rule, and now that I am free of that, I will never return to that state.

Never again will I do something for the benefit of someone else without first asking myself if it is harmful to me.

This is a promise to myself that I will put myself first, because I am just as deserving of happiness as anyone else.

I will allow myself to feel overwhelming happiness, for I have disregarded the importance of it for years.