Name all the people who you have the ability to make happy.  I’ll give you a hint; look in a mirror.  You are the only person who you can make happy, because happiness is a personal choice.

We spend so much time making our choices based on what other people think, but are those choices really pleasing the other people?  If you think about it, you know that they’re not, so why do we keep doing it?  I’m not talking about being nice or helping others.  Basic human kindness is good for everyone.  I’m talking about when we sacrifice what we want to try to please the other people in our lives.

It can be hard to know where to draw the line.  You don’t want to be selfish.  You want to be kind, and to help people.  So how do you know when it’s too much.  Basically, if it gets to the point where you are sacrificing who you are, or what you believe in, then it’s time to stop.  In order to know this, you have to know who you are, and what you believe, which can be hard to do.

A relationship doesn’t have to be a perfect 50-50 split, but it can’t be so unbalanced that it hurts you.  Do your best to be good to the people around you, but know it’s time to protect yourself, and realize that you can’t actually make anyone else happy.