You have a responsibility to take care of other people.

For the past 3-4 months now, I’ve been delegated with extra responsibilities.
I could explain what those consist of, but it doesn’t actually matter. I just wanted to share what I realised does matter.

I, like many people, have plans for my life. Whether it’s a 10 year, 5 year, 2 month or 1 day plan – I like to have an idea of what I’d like to get accomplished or experience.

Again, like many people, situations/ circumstances arise and life doesn’t go as planned.

Now this particular situation I’ve currently found myself in isn’t a huge deal. It’s redirected the course of a few months of my life and has both positive and negative effects; what I realised is how the negative effects have been playing out a lot more recently.

Now if I explained the situation, this post would begin to make a lot more sense. But since I’m not going to do that, here’s what I want to share:

I’m in the position that I’m in – mentally, physically, emotionally, educationally, financially etc – because at one point, my parents took care of me and made sacrifices for me.

Now, it’s my responsibility to take care of others where I can.

We live in a world where it’s “me, me, me” and we feel so victimised when things don’t go our way. We forget that we’re actually lucky to be in the position to handle specific responsibilities if they randomly fall into our lap. Yes, it’s easier said than done and yes, it may suck a little – but for the most part, it isn’t the end of the world.

Sometimes when I’m in the middle of emotions including anger and frustration – I forget to think about the bigger picture. It takes as little as shifting your perspective to gratitude and appreciation – and even though you may want little things to change every now and then, it is what it is and things could always be worse.

We are who we are because of the sacrifices of those before us. Some of our sacrifices aren’t even that big – so count your blessings and find the silver lining.

This particular situation will most likely continue to trigger me (or maybe it won’t – let’s not focus on the negative lol)… but I’d rather deal with those emotions than to feel as though I’m being selfish. As I said in my last post – it all comes down to how you see yourself.

We all go through phases where we forget the little things. We can all choose to feel victimised for anything – big or small… but a shift in perspective will get you through almost anything.

Give more of yourself – at the end of the day (and even at the end of your life), that is all that actually matters.

C x