Good selfishness

You are the only one who stays with you till the last breath. You are your accomplice in life so treat yourself well. People will come and go but you will stay with you.

Love yourself. Do not always kill your inner desires and the things that you like, don’t struggle always to go upstream. Sometimes just go with the flow because we anyway do not always know which direction is the right one. Don’t be hard on you because you may wither yourself away and what will remain is your body and the soul with die. What will you do with a life without a soul.

Love yourself, nourish your body and mind with healthy and positive things. Your duty as a human being is certainly not to ill treat yourself. Being good to others should in no way mean not being good to yourself. Sacrificing too much for others may sometimes render you incapable of giving more to them. If you wish to constantly give to others then it is necessary that you care for yourself and keep yourself happy. Your own happiness is crucial to your ability to give happiness to others.

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