A national United States study in Health Psychology found that, amongst almost 2,000 survey participants older than fifty, a happy, supportive and encouraging spouse is a factor in being healthier.

Your needs are as important as anyone else’s. You are human just like everyone else. There is a limit to the sacrifices and compromises you can make. Don’t lose yourself trying to give other people what they are unable to give themselves.

Don’t give advice that you can’t follow yourself.

You’re always worried about hurting someone’s feelings.

The nicest people have suffered through some of the darkest, most horrifying moments one can ever imagine. But it’s mishaps like these that toughen their mind and steer them to take control of their own life.

Accept that being a nice person won’t be enough to make a relationship work.

When did being called a bitch become the worst thing you could possibly be?

We all have in us, the capacity to be kind.

Learn self-defense and use it.

I couldn’t live with myself not knowing myself. While being nice makes me likable, being inauthentic makes me hate myself. I succeeded in making other people like me, and failed at loving myself as a consequence.