The power of Speaking up...

Date: June 8, 2022
Author: Sequoia

Being a person who's used to prioritizing other people's needs over themselves will often feel bad whenever they are asked to think of themselves and forgot about others for a while.

With that, it cannot be denied that most of them will tend to bottle up their feelings and breakdown into silence. Showing no weakness to the people around them, for they do not want to gather attention and be pitied.

However, things won't stay hidden forever, and just like a soda, a time will come when all of those bottled up emotions will be exposed to light and worst, it could create massive damage to what's around us.

Now, what's the point of saying this? This article would like to emphasize the importance of speaking up.

We, humans, were created with different parts of the body that carries particular functions, and one of those parts is the mouth. We weren't given mouth for nothing. It plays a significant and crucial part to have the life that we desire. Now, if we don't take a stand for ourselves and will keep silent forever, what will happen to us in the long run? Sometimes we got to learn how to draw a line and set boundaries for our own sake.

Yes, I know, those people were important, but so you are.

Your mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual health matters.

You can't take care of the people you value the most if you do not care for yourself.

Everything starts within you. How can you provide for them if you aren't well, holistically?

Now maybe you are asking yourselves how speaking up would help you with those things?

By speaking up, we will let them know what we want and don't want to happen. Learn to communicate what our hearts truly want. Disregard the things that they may say against you. The people who genuinely love you will understand and help you achieve what your heart desires.

Now, if they don't, then they aren't for you. And you gotta learn to let them go.

Stop keeping people who don't care for your well-being. They will just drain you without contributing anything to you.

Remember, people, no matter how much you help them and love them, they won't always be there for you when you need them the most. And that's understandable because they have a life to live and so do you.

When life gets overwhelming and people will no longer be in sight, please don't give up on yourself. You only have yourself at the end of the day. Prioritize it more than anything else.

When you love yourself, you are able to love others as well.

When you take good care of yourself, you'll be able to care for others.

Illuminate things with self-love.

You deserve to be loved and valued.

Always mark that in the tablet of your heart.