…then I make lemonade and share it with everyone and have none left for myself.
I’m okay with that. I believe God gave me this life to care for others, but I also believe that He wants me to take care of myself.
I really need to think of myself sometimes. I need not to live for anything but God because in the end, He’s the one I have to please. Not you, not me. Not the public, not my family, not my friends, not the cute boys, not the teachers, God!
Although I know this and believe it so greatly, I find myself giving everything I have into relationships with friends and family members.
I end up feeling bad in the end when I can’t provide more and more, or if I don’t even get a “thank you” or not even a smile.
Friends and family are supposed to love you no matter what, right?
Why do I feel so bad when this person is around? I give and give and give, and they take and take and take (which is okay by me) but then they’re sad and I don’t understand.
Whenever I talk about this, the person denies the bad feelings, and it gets us nowhere.
Help?
