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Old Aug 09, 2012, 03:13 PM
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Just once, I would like to feel like I'm a priority in someone else's life. Just once, I'd like to know what it feels to be important enough to be put first.

All I can see are the ways in which I don't matter. I don't know how to see it any differently.
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Old Aug 09, 2012, 03:26 PM
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Whenever I feel like this, and I often do, I just think of the line from the peace prayer of St. Francis..."it is in giving that we receive" ...It's tough, especially when you're depressed (like I'm struggling with now), but when I shift the focus to others, I get a good feeling...I hope that this helps.
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Old Aug 09, 2012, 03:53 PM
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Whenever I feel like this, and I often do, I just think of the line from the peace prayer of St. Francis..."it is in giving that we receive" ...It's tough, especially when you're depressed (like I'm struggling with now), but when I shift the focus to others, I get a good feeling...I hope that this helps.
That is how I have lived my life, by putting others first. I just can't do it anymore.
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Old Aug 09, 2012, 04:09 PM
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I've been doing that for over 40 years. I don't see any sense in stopping now. I think by visiting this site, though, that we are in, in our own way, taking time for ourselves. I do sincerely hope that things get better for you.
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