She was working hard day and night. She had to take care of her work, support her husband financially, manage home and kids and also take care of mother in law and father in law. When the kids started growing, everyone had own demands and she kept doing everything for everyone but for herself. One day kids no longer needed her as they were building own life and she started having lots of time for herself. When she was resting, she felt so guilty. She felt that she was doing something terribly wrong as she was not doing anything for anyone. After few days, she slipped into a depression that she was not doing enough in her life.
One gentleman who was really earning good and was taking care of the whole family but maybe somewhere forgotten by everyone. He hadn’t bought anything for himself in last 7-8 years. Every time he opened his cupboard he felt that he had so many. However, when he was going out for a party and got ready, his wife saw him wearing faded shirts. She asked him to buy some new clothes and he said that he did not need any. When he finally bought, he was feeling really bad that he could have made better use of this money. He had wasted some money.
I feel we all are good human beings and we are trained to do things for others, especially for the family. Which is a good thing but we shall not forget self. We also need to take rest, be gentle, wear nice clothes, get some pampering, choose food of our choice while ordering in a restaurant, eat ice cream when we want and do things only for the sake of own happiness and we do not have to feel bad if we have done something for self. We deserve everything. We deserve abundance. We deserve to be happy. We deserve to take care of self. Yes, we need to take care of ourselves too. When we feel happy and light, we are able to do better for others.
So friends, be nice to yourself too. Be gentle with yourself too. Take care of yourself. Go and eat outside because you want it. Do something for yourself too. Do not wait for someone else to come and do that for you.
