What is Best for You?
Doing what is best for you does not make you a bad person.
A lot of people have come to the idea that if they care for themselves or put themselves first, it makes them a bad person. It looks selfish. They might feel as if other people will see them in a poor light.
Self-care is so, so much more important than we make it, folks. We need to better care for ourselves, and that means that doing what is best for you in no way makes you a bad person.
You cannot give of yourself if you haven’t anything to give. I have written that before, multiple times. If you are running on empty, you will break down, and that will make it even worse.
I know a lot of people currently going through things that are extremely difficult in various ways. Changes in health, changes in relationship status, and politics on many different levels of their lives are causing distress, dis-ease, and general unhappiness. Many of those same people are facing doing what is best for themselves, and consequences that will come of that.
While other people may judge or otherwise disapprove, when all is said and done that does not matter. We need to be whole, and complete. That means that we need to do what is best for ourselves, and promote self-care. When we see our friends and loved ones going through that, we need to not criticize them and offer judgement, just support in whatever way we can.
Support can include actual rah-rah cheerleading, or words of encouragement. It may also include stepping away and allowing them to do what is best for themselves on their own. Remember that consciousness creates reality, and we should only give that which we’d wish to receive back.
What is best for me may not be best for you
Doing what is best for ourselves will help us to fix issues we may be having mentally, physically, emotionally, or all of the above. When we don’t, we tend to spiral down, and thus make it even harder to do anything for anyone, let alone ourselves.
Keep that in mind when you see what the people in your life are coping with. Chances are that you, too, may have experienced similar; if you haven’t, know that it’s entirely possible that you could. Before you judge, before you say something on Facebook or Twitter that might cause a commotion, put yourself in their shoes. What would you want and need in order to do what’s best for you?
This is a matter of positivity. Why? Because when we take care of ourselves, we become more capable of being happy, of providing ourselves with enough fuel to give to others, and resolving issues that are the causes of anxieties and concerns. That opens us up to build anew, and from there improve upon what we have, what we desire, and where we are going.
Please consider taking care of yourself, so that you can improve and be the best you that you can be.
Finding positivity is not hard, but it does require action.
Doing what is best for you is a matter of self-care, and is not selfish, unkind, or otherwise negative. When we do what we need to better our own lives, not only do we create more to pass on to others, but we ultimately empower ourselves. When we feel empowered, we often spread that feeling to others around us, and as such can build more positive feelings. We can use the positive feelings this generates to dissolve negative feelings. When we take away negative feelings, we open up space to let in positive feelings, and that is something we can be grateful for. Gratitude leads to happiness. Happiness is the ultimate positive attitude. Positive attitude begets positive energy, and that is always a good thing.
This is the two-hundred and twenty-sixth+ entry of my Positivity series. It is my hope these weekly messages might help spread positive energies for everyone. Feel free to share, re-blog and spread the positivity.
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