Wake up.
Sometimes in your life you may feel used, abused, beaten and neglected by some of the people you try to care for the most. You may feel unappreciated and tired of fixing their problems. After all they are the ones that created them in the first place. They say blood is thicker than water only perhaps it’s easier to use family members bond because there is history over a complete stranger. A family member will bend over backwards to try and help you when you need it most as long as you don’t burn them repeatedly. The question that remains though is when is enough enough? When is it that you’re supposed to call it quits and just plainly say “Deal with it, it’s your problem”. There may come a time in your life when doing good for others feels like it’s more important than doing good for yourself. Well the selfless days should be behind you before they even start. If you aren’t happy with your own situation then in the end helping someone else out with their situation won’t help yours one bit. It will actually just push you down more and more until you break and think to yourself something has got to give. The only thing that has to give is you, to yourself. Selfless acts of kindness towards others that use you will never be rewarded no matter how long you wait.
There comes a time when you need to take the next step not for anyone else but yourself. Don’t do it because you want to. Do it because you need to. You are your number one. Don’t put using family members above you. Kids are a different story. If you are a parent your kids come first over your own personal needs and wants. If you can’t take care of your own kids and you are the parent, then perhaps you should change the way you are to benefit them. A good parent can be someone of any age as long as they put the kids first and do the right thing to make sure they are taken care of properly. Your kids should be your life not your life the kids’. Some people need to wake the hell up and do the right thing to save their family the burden of bailing them out.
