For as long as I can remember, I've been a selfless person. I've been so selfless lately, that I allowed certain individuals to run all over me and treat me however they felt like treating me at the time - in the name of love. I had had enough.

I know that the bible instructs us to treat others the way that we would want them to treat us, and I had been doing that. You would think that after following this rule perfectly, one would have a happy and easy life. But, that's a load of crap! It's actually the other way around. When people see that you're trying to be a good person, they often take advantage of your kindness. If that doesn't happen, they get jealous of your kindness and wonder why you're so nice. People are never satisfied... never.

So, I decided that I'd stop trying to satisfy them. Happiness is not happiness if it is conditional... and conditional happiness is definitely what I had. It wasn't working for me. So, I decided that I'd continue being my normal, nice, slightly ratchet self. If they liked it, fine! If not, that was cool too. Either way, I wasn't changing.

Happiness is a decision; and I decided to be just that.