We all know that person.

The one friend who can’t say no.

The one friend who lives to please and be happy.

The one who does whatever they are asked and does it with a smile on their face, regardless of what their mind is telling them. Regardless of their commitments or responsibilities. They take on more than they can bear and when they realize this, instead of reaching out for help they quietly crash. And we do this constantly, on a day-to-day basis with the people in our lives. We dump all of our problems on our friends and ask them for help without realizing that maybe they are having problems too and just are not at a point in their lives where they can share them.

This is a vicious cycle of life for these sweet souls. Their inclination is to please and make others happy and love life while they forget to take care of themselves. Sooner or later, all of this extra baggage, these extra problems that these darlings accept in their lives, will crush them.

Let’s put a stop to this treatment of these beautiful humans in our lives. Let’s take a stance by not taking advantage of their sweetness. Don’t ask them for more than they can give, let them know it is OKAY to say no. Nobody should be expected to do everything, so saying no sometimes is a necessity. Listen to them, go out of your way to open up as a listening ear so that these lovely friends of ours aren’t totally submerged by their problems along with every other friend they listen to and help through hard times.

And what if you don’t know? What if your sweet friend is doing just fine, and they don’t need any extra attention or someone to listen to them?

There is nobody who doesn’t need someone to listen to them.

As considerate human beings who care about the wellbeing of our fellow humans we MUST show love to our kind. No matter whether you think they need it or not, we need to show the love all day every day. I fully believe love is a helpful remedy to most problems in the world. War, deception, hatred…you name it and I guarantee a little bit of love would make all these problems much less harsh and popular.

These sweet friends in our lives, whether you are one or not, need extra love. They will never admit that they need help, they will keep chugging along until they can’t anymore, and we need to show them as many tender mercies as we can. Be that listening ear, don’t test their limits, be a decent human and love them.

So let’s be that change we want to see in this crazy world and show a little extra love everyday. Especially for those sweethearts who need to know their worth isn’t determined by what others think of them. Love is love is love is love…