It's good to be selfish.

Being selfish is never thought of as a desirable characteristic in a person. As children we are told not to be selfish, share things, think of others. But what if being selfish changed your life for the better, and in doing so, just as good karma spreads, your 'selfish' act could radiate out and benefit a wider pool of peers?

I admit to being selfish. I do things that I want to do, I don't do things that I don't want to do and I live my life for me instead of wasting my decades constantly trying to make other people happy while my blood pressure raises to the moon and I lose enough hair to open a wig shop. You weren't blessed with your own life simply to waste it constantly trying to please others. Being selfish doesn't mean you have to be difficult and repel people to withdraw into your World of You, just as being selfish doesn't mean you can't do anything to help people. Even voluntary work can be a selfish act. Nobody volunteers for work because they hate it, they offer their skills because it gives them joy and makes them happy to know that they helped someone.

Life's too short to give it up for the sake of making somone like you. They'll like you because you do whatever they want. But somebody else can like you more because you're strong and independent and you stand up for what you believe in.
So the moral of this story (blog) is, live for yourself. Nobody else will live for you.