Protect Your Happiness

Day 8/31

Good day friends or rather good evening, hope y'all are doing well. It feels really nice talking to you guys again, it's been a while...well if you compare it to the usual consistence not really...but since I've been posting daily for the month of December, I've missed y'all. So I was watching this video on Complex and one of the girls (Emily Oberg, every hypebeast's WCW) was talking about some random stuff, then she mentioned this idea of 'protecting your happiness', that if something is threatening your happiness...you either cut it or you change it. And I really resonated with that. It kinda sounds selfish when you first think about it...but at the same time, it doesn't. Like don't get me wrong, it's great to care for your friends...hurt when they hurt, laugh when they laugh, celebrate when they triumph. But sometimes you gotta be selfish and think about your own happiness because that's directly related to your own health...in all aspects; physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually...it's all connected. If someone...or something...is threatening your happiness...preventing you from being happy...you either cut it off or you change it. It can't get anymore black and white than that you know...there's only so many second chances you can give to a person or there's only so much patience and persistence you can have for a situation before you say to yourself...maybe it's time to call it quits. And on the other hand of course...there's the option to change it, which would probably be the first course of action I would advise before simply cutting it. I'm juts saying, you need to look out for yourself sometimes...your happiness should be a priority, your overall quality of life should be a priority to you. I've had to cut people off in my life who either weren't adding anything positive to my life or they were seriously threatening aspects of my quality of life...and it sucks, it hurts...sometimes that means cutting off people you've known for years, since you were kids, best friends...other times it may mean cutting off someone you care the world for, but it's necessary...and maybe down the road, life will allow y'all to cross paths. Recognize what is and what isn't adding any value and is detrimental to your happiness, your health, your life...and cut it or change it. That's all I have to say, see y'all tomorrow, peace.