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If we can't carry our own weight, who are we to lift our loved ones back up? Nothing is more heavy than someone else's weight, someone else's problems, the things we can't understand... Sometimes we need to stop and realize that we cannot pile other people's bricks on our shoulders until we've rendered our own foundation to be concrete. The first step to being a successful friend, lover, sister, daughter (etc.) is being better to yourself.
My whole life I've been accomodating to the "wounded puppy dog" type. I've always found potential in others, and have taken it upon myself to bring out that potential, to help that wound heal. As expected, I've had quite a few more failures than i have successes. Time after time I beat myself up over it, not understanding why I've been so unsuccessful in my endevours. Finally, at the age of 20, I feel I've found my remedy. As strong as I may feel at times, my foundation is weak. My weakness lies in my actions, or my lack there of in this case. People always praise me for my wise words, yet the words rarely carry on, and only lead a person for so long. What I have come to discover is that we (I) must lead by must lead by example, by actions, by success. If the advice is good enough to give to someone I care about, why is it so difficult to apply my own advice to myself?
So what it comes down to is that I need to be better to myself, to listen to my own remedies, and to rebuild my own foundation for not only my own well being, but that of my loved ones as well. Why am I sharing this lesson with you? Because maybe you need to hear it too, maybe I need to lead you, my readers, my loved ones, by my example by my road to success.