05/20/2022
Kindness, generosity, and serving others are all incredibly important actions needed amongst humanity. 🖤
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Knowing the world tremendously lacks these things impacts empathetic people and their well-being a lot. Discovering I am a very emotional, intuitive, empathetic human AND accepting it has been challenging. I legitimately feel every emotion very deeply, and cry from being so overwhelmed.
I know a lot of you can relate, and I appreciate you contacting me and sharing these vulnurable pieces of your world with me! I see you! 🥹
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What happens when you give, give, give too much? Is there such thing as giving other people more than you should?
YES. It IS possible. (It is also theorized those of us who over-give do so with a subconscious desire to receive something we are lacking. This isn’t a fact, just a theory.)
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Being an over-giver has been a strength, but also a toxic flaw of mine. 😵💫
It seems to become more toxic the older I get.
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✨Where is the balance between losing yourself in the service of others, AND losing your mind because you are not taking care of your overall well-being?✨
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Here are some things to remind yourself when you feel the pressure to sacrifice far too much of yourself:
•you are not a doormat
•you do not ‘owe’ anyone, anything
•resentment will ruin friendships/relationships
•do not give others the space to criticize you for not doing as much this time, as you did last time
•when others have high expectations of you and your generosity, it is not your responsibility to protect them from feeling disappointed when you are not going generously give a piece of yourself this time around
•”NO.” is a complete sentence
•not everything requires an immediate response, excuse, or explanation
•sacrificing your basic needs, and mental well-being regularly in order to help someone else is a slippery slope… don’t forget sometimes YOU are the one in need.
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BE KIND.👏🏻BE GENEROUS.👏🏻SERVE OTHERS.👏🏻
…being an over-giver requires setting boundaries with yourself and others.🖤
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