Walk Away

Growing up, my dad always says this quote to me:

"Don't give up"

Looking back it pretty much sums up my teenage years up till my early twenties. I never gave up. I just stick to it, whether I liked it or not. 

I don't give up on people.

I filled up my time table just to make sure I get everything done

I committed myself, came in earlier then everybody and of course the last one to leave.

I stick with what I have promised.

The funny thing is, as I do that, I wasn't being appreciated as much as being taken for granted. And I honestly didn't realize that.

My aha moment came a couple of years ago, when I read a book called Boundaries... I have to read that book slowly because it was just to painful.

My first reaction was this:

Why did no one ever tell me this? 

I didn't know that you are allowed to say no.

That you are allowed to walk away. Walk away from people who don't respect you as who you are. Who tried to make you "fit in", who taken you for granted. walk away from jobs that drain you or simply don't let you grow anymore.

Walk away from people who doesn't love you, appreciate you and treat you as commodity or investment.

I am a human being.

I deserve and was created to do the things that I love

(Things that you can do for hours and it doesn't exhaust your soul)

I was created to be loved and treated with respect.

No. This was not an angry, yelling, crazy rant that demanded people to start treating each other with respect. This, my friend, is simply my personal revelation that I have to make the right choices for me. 

I am responsible for my happiness.