You cannot pour water from an empty jug (DW#661)
And yet, how many of us do this on a continuous basis? Women in particular (but not exclusively) are notorious for caring for everyone around them except themselves. We seem to be hitting every ball that life throws our way, juggling all the various roles that we play and making sure that everything and everyone is okay. The constant pumping of adrenaline in response to stress and striving helps maintain the illusion that we are okay and are managing fine.
So let us wake up before we have to. Before self neglect initiates a crisis. Before the burnout or the breakdown.
As Audre Lorde says: self-care is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation.
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