You Are Enough

One of the prices we pay for living in society is seeing our actions affect the lives of others, not being able to act at our own will without analyzing the reach of our actions. We are part of a social body, to which we must harmonize so that we do not cause fractures that affect the path of those who are by our side.

From a young age, we are taught to think about the consequences of our behaviors, so that we can put ourselves in other people’s shoes and not become selfish adults devoid of compassion for others. If we seek only to fulfill our desires without considering the people walking beside us, we are destined to trample on the dignity of others unfairly and often cruelly.

However, in this journey, we must never forget ourselves, our longings, desires, and dreams. We cannot solely think of others, neglecting everything that pulses within us, or we will live a correct life on the outside while breaking inside. In time, at this pace, we will no longer be able to help anyone.

We must know how far we can distance ourselves from ourselves, the exact limit of our surrender, or we will be annulled by the needs of others. Our survival and our ability to breathe lightly will depend greatly on the attention we give to who we are. Abdicating everything that defines us in favor of others may seem magnanimous, but we will soon empty ourselves of everything that constitutes our essence.

We should never blame ourselves for being selfish when we break up with a partner who gives us nothing in return, avoid the friend who drains us, the colleague who mocks, the cousin who never calls, speak painful truths to those who deserve it, or refuse the invitation of someone who doesn’t quicken our heart. In these cases, we are simply prioritizing the most important person in our lives, namely, ourselves.

As long as we act with ethics and integrity, without hurting the people around us, we are not wrong. This is how we strengthen ourselves to extend help to those in need because then we will be someone capable of offering something, as we will be enough for ourselves.

If we do not preserve ourselves in what is most precious to us, we will condemn our destiny to the unhappy missteps of the annulment of all the ideals that flooded our life dreams since childhood. And no one deserves that.

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This post was previously published on medium.com.

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