Do you believe it's selfish to make your own well-being and happiness a priority?  I believe it's absolutely necessary to do this for yourself - especially if you want to help others be well and happy, too. 

I love it when people make their well-being and happiness a priority.  These people love, honor, value, and respect themselves enough to do so, which means they are able to give the same to others in return.  By making themselves a priority in this manner, they are in alignment with God's intention for us.  Please note, in this article, I will be using the term Source to mean God's intention for us.

God always wants us to be well and happy.  However, God can't do that for us, only with us.  We must be willing to align with what is true in Source in order for our lives to flow effortlessly and synchronistically.  What is true in Source is the same as what is true in our hearts - whether we realize it or not.  Often we don't even know what is true in our hearts unless we really are honest with ourselves.  When we are honest with what is true for us and have the integrity to take action on it, we are in alignment with what is true in Source.  From this place, we are better equipped to help others.  We have the wisdom, energy, and tools necessary to support and assist those around us.  We can only teach by example. 

Just as God can't make us happy without your participation, neither can you do that for others.  You can love, help and support them but that can only take them so far.  They have to be willing to make their own well-being and happiness a priority, too.  They will never learn why they should or how they can if you're not doing that for yourself.

I'm reminded of the in-flight airline safety video you see when you embark on the plane.  When the oxygen masks are released in an emergency, the parent or guardian of a child must put theirs on first, so they will be healthy enough to put the child's on and care for them.  Is this selfish?  If we aren't happy or well, how are we able to properly care for our children and loved ones?  What kind of example are we setting for them?   

Making your happiness a priority is never harmful nor is it done at the expense of another's happiness - in fact, it can ONLY help another to become even happier!  You may not know how it's going to help them at first, but I assure you this truth will reveal itself at some point along the way.  This process is simply how it works in Source.  And only Source is real.  Any fear or belief that making your happiness a priority will somehow hurt another is false.  And by going against what is true in Source, you are going against what is so in your heart - the truth of what is real for you.  So make your well-being and happiness a priority - you've got everything to gain and nothing to lose.