If it costs you your peace, it's too expensive...

    

    I'm a firm believer in keeping YOUR inner peace. Anything that disrupts your peace is far, far too expensive! 

    I used to be a serial people pleaser. I would go completely out of my way to make sure someone else was happy. Even if it meant that I wasn't. 

    At the time, there really wasn't anything that anyone could say to me or do to me that would send me away with my tail between my legs unwilling to people please. 

    Today? Today I cut people off, I please myself first and foremost and I don't really give a good Goddamn who you are, you will treat me with the same kindness and respect that I always show or else you aren't apart of my life, simple as that.

    How did I get here? What made me decide that MY peace was worth more than others, "power" over me?!

    I was SICK of feeling sad and hurt, I was sick of doing thing I didn't want to do, I was sick of feeling pressured into things that disrupted my mental health, I was sick of feeling depressed over the actions of others. 

    While I know that it was partly my fault because I allowed it to happen, I am saddened and enraged that the people in my life (mostly family) walked all over me, used me and didn't appreciate that fact that I was ALWAYS willing to lend a helping hand, give every dime I had to my name and anything in between to be as helpful and kind as I could. 

    There is a valuable life lesson in every single happy, tragic, hurt and enraging moment of this life. Take those lessons and apply them to your everyday. Learn from the mistakes, grow from the pain and remember that your peace isn't for sale. 

XOXO