Don’t be a people pleaser

You can please some people all the time, and maybe all the people some of the time, but never all of the people all the time. Being helpful and friendly comes naturally to some of us. And most of us are pretty social creatures, by nature. But going out of our way to please others can lead to disastrous ends. There are folks out there who will try and take advantage of your giving nature. There are those who, for some reason or another, never seem to be satisfied with anything or anyone, no matter what you do for them. And then there are those who are just A-Holes. You may think that excessively pleasing others will make things better in the long run, but that’s simply not the case. It’s a pause button at best. It’s like a pacifier for a baby; it will quiet them for a bit, but you know another tantrum isn’t far behind. Be kind. Be helpful. Be gracious. But don’t act in ways that leads to harming your own emotional health. Some folks feed off of this kind of energy and will drain you like Count Dracula if you let them.