I am a people-pleaser at heart. In the healthiest sense, I enjoy helping others in their time of need. It brings me joy to see someone happy or relieved by offering a helping hand. It is important that the needs of others come before our own, as St. Paul talks about this in his letter to the Church of Philippi (Phil. 2:4). This does not mean, however, that we never attend to our own needs at all. As a people-pleaser, attending to my needs and allowing others to attend to them is rather frustrating and unsettling.

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