Jul
19
Maybe I’ll keep this thing around, because it may just come in handy, like it does now.
RANT
I know this is not negotiable, putting your happiness before everyone else’s, but, is that considered selfish? As someone who always puts everyone else before me, I have finally found a situation where I just NEEDED to be taken care of before I needed to take care of someone else. But it came at a costly price. I was called selfish (in not so many words) and I stopped and thought about it. Was that being selfish? Maybe, but probably not in the way it sounds. Selfish has a negative connotation to it, mostly pertaining to material possessions and egoism, but last night, that wasn’t the case. I put needs and emotions before me on the table and pick and chose which ones needed to be addressed.
But in that situation, I saw someone crumble because of me. I saw this person fall apart at my expense, and I second guessed myself for a minute. Was putting myself first really what I needed? Or was this person just guilt tripping me so I would put him first. I walked out the door and felt so horrible because I had hurt him so bad. I almost walked back into the door and took back everything I said. So me putting myself first, is that being selfish or not?
/RANT