Advice for those who care for others and forget about themselves

You naturally care for the people you love.

As if they were a garden you

makes a point of watering with his

love words.

Your care makes the lives of everyone around you.

around you flourish.

Life thanks you for being like this.

I love that you care about me

But I want you to take care too.

Don’t let your soul get cold

While trying to warm others up.

love yourself first

And give the world the love that

it overflows.

Only then does love happen.

Only then is love happy.

You want everyone to be okay,

I know. Praise for happiness and

everyone’s well-being.

If it’s up to you, nobody will leave

your own comfort zone.

And that’s beautiful.

But sometimes it ends up getting hurt

so that nobody gets hurt.

Take all the pain for yourself.

Understand that sometimes it’s just

impossible for everyone to come out unscathed.

Don’t keep denying yourself for the sake of

comfort of others every day, in all

the occasions.

It can make you slow down,

decrease until it disappears.

And when at last your light fades

erase completely, everything at your

around will lose color.

Including the people you always wanted to save.

Taking care of yourself is also a way

to take care of others.

*Pedro Salomão is a poet and singer. launches this month If You Understand Me, Please Explain Me (Planet)