zaynmalik
Epic Legend
Sacrifice feels heroic in the moment — staying late, skipping your dreams, bending until you almost break, all to keep someone else standing. But there's a quiet tragedy hidden in excessive self-sacrifice: you slowly disappear. Piece by piece, your energy, time, joy, and even identity get handed away. And here's the harshest truth — when nothing of you is left to give, most people don't stay to mourn what's gone; they simply turn to the next person who still has something to offer
True balance isn't selfishness; it's wisdom. Pour from your cup, yes — but keep enough in it to stay alive, to stay you. Because a world that only values what you can give, and not who you are, was never worthy of your full surrender anyway.
The real sacrifice isn't giving everything — it's learning when to stop before you lose yourself completely
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True balance isn't selfishness; it's wisdom. Pour from your cup, yes — but keep enough in it to stay alive, to stay you. Because a world that only values what you can give, and not who you are, was never worthy of your full surrender anyway.
The real sacrifice isn't giving everything — it's learning when to stop before you lose yourself completely
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