It is impossible to please everyone. Yet, when you develop a chronic illness, this fact seems more powerful than it did in the time before illness. Because sometimes when you spend your days simply hoping to make it out of bed, you feel like you cannot please anyone…even yourself. But that doesn’t mean we don’t try!

So, let’s commit to making a change. Let’s work on living from our own personal priorities, instead of working to make everyone happy. Don’t have personal priorities? Now is the time to decide what you value most. Because our values help us make good decisions when we’re feeling great and when we’re having an incredibly hard day. Pleasing people = no. Living by our values = a resounding yes!