There are Limits!

I cannot say I’ve really ever sacrificed something big. The most that I’ve ever done that could be somewhat considered “sacrificing” is agreeing to participate in foster care. Although it’s not much, I have had to become more tolerant and acceptable to people. I’ve given up my own living space to complete strangers that need someone to care and watch over them. Although I am not making a sacrifice to someone I can say I “love” I am still doing something for someone who really needs it. I currently have to young foster children of the ages of 3 and 5, so there is a lot of attention required for these kids. We have to give them a lot of time due to how they were raised, which was neglectfully. It has been about a year now since my family and I have started caring for them, and without a second parent around to care for them, I am left to fill that void.
Sacrificing for others can have its limits. Dedicating everything can be ridiculous to me. Giving your whole life for someone else or a group of people can be very caring, but may not be the right choice. You are given one life to live; spending it all for someone else can defeat most of the point of even having one. Everyone wants to leave a mark I the world, but we also have to make marks for ourselves. Dedicating some things to other people is the nature of us humans and is very important to the meaning of our lives, but it does not mean that it is the absolute only reason. If you sacrifice all to one person, and then that person gave all they had to another, the chain would just continue. We need to make time and space for ourselves.