21st Century Lord and Saviour. No, you did not 'lose' yourself.
You're not Jesus. Stop sacrificing your life for people.
Do you think they'll deify you? Sanctify you? Throw galas in your name?
No. But I'll tell you what they will throw. You. Away. The moment you have no more of yourself to cut out and give. I'd have considered it if you gave some parts of yourself away for a price (a hefty understandable one). BUT FOR FREE.99 IS BONKERS BABE!
YOU DID NOT LOSE YOURSELF YOU GAVE YOURSELF AWAY FOR FREE!!! And no offence but even highway night workers have a fee. Why don't you?π
Boundaries, Boundaries, Boundaries. Don't just set them, LIVE them. If A happens, B follows. No excuses. No exceptions.
No one will build a statue in your honor for disrespecting yourself and letting people use you as a stepping stone. The moment you give out, NOBODY WILL HELP YOU! NOBODY WILL HAVE YOUR (broken) BACK BUT YOURSELF!
In a selfish world, the selfish succeed. I'm not saying you should be selfish...but I'm not saying you shouldn't be either.
Chuck Feeney and Elon Musk. One went and died broke giving to charity, the other does give to charity, but is still extremely successful and not going broke anytime soon.
Have you even ever heard of Chuck Feeney?
Kisses my darlingsππ