Take me anywhere. Just don't take me for granted.

In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then

to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.

~Bertrand Russell

I like and appreciate myself and make no apologies to those who don't. I feel bad for those who don't...like or appreciate themselves. Or me.

The drawback to finally treating myself with all due love and respect is that I expect others to do so, as well. But is this expectation really a drawback? Should we settle for less? I don't believe so, but we all have. We all do.

The line between being a trusted, comfortable element in another person's life, and being taken for granted because you've always been there, is a thin and unforgiving one. Remember, every time you don't do or say something when you should, you're leaving room for someone else who could, and probably does. Don't make someone wait because you know they will.

You don't know that at all.

I'm hanging on to all that I love, and reminding myself that in the blink of an eye...

everything could change.

I do know this.