It is ok to look after yourself first?

Think about the following scenario:

You are traveling in an airplane with your child.

While in mid air, you suddenly see lights blinking and you hear a loud sound of bells ringing in your ears.

A moment later oxygen masks drop down.

What do you do? Do you put the mask on yourself first or your child?

Your instinct may direct you to immediately put the mask on your child, right?

Not the right choice!

You must save yourself first! How will you be able to help your child or anybody else for that matter, if you’re deprived of oxygen?

If you don’t put the oxygen mask on yourself first, you will not be of assistance to anyone else, but you will also become a burden.

How can we do anything for anyone else if we can’t even aid ourselves?

That is an extreme example, but it is also true about life in general …

If you are not there for yourself first, then nothing in your life can be sustainable.