There are two kinds of people who don’t matter enough to themselves.
One of them gives a whole heart away without regard to the cost.
The other treats that person’s heart with the same disregard.
What a pain-filled matter love becomes for that disregarded heart.
~ cj 2014.08.06
That hurts.
It does.
I know from where you speak, sadly. Working on mattering to oneself is a bumpy path. And the old habits of being a giving person and people pleaser die hard…. It sometimes seems almost selfish, yet I know I must work harder.
I just listened to This American Life today. So fittingly ties into this.