Before taking off in a plane, of course many would not even bother to hear or even look at the air stewardess when she/he is performing the safety equipments in front. But i find this example very significant. When the oxygen mask drops from the top compartment. Take for instance, we have our own child next to us. What would we do during emergency? No doubt the first thing we would do is to place the oxygen mask over our child. We do that because we love our child so much and wouldn’t want a single thing to happen to him/her. But what does the intructions say? You place the oxygen mask over YOURSELF before placing in on your child. Why so? Because we need to save ourself in order to save our child. So what if we really put it over our child first but we die in the course of it? Our child will be alone. Who knows what will happen to our child in times of chaos and massive havoc with people running around to save their lives.

In real life, this example is very relavant. There is a reason why people always say ‘take care of yourself before taking care of other people’. If you do not take ur feelings and emotions into consideration, how can you set an example and help your friends who are in need? This is not being selfish. This is being smart and alert of what is happening around us and how to react to these situations we are put in. Sometimes its so tough especially when that person is so close and dear to you. You always want to do something, comfort that person all the time, but don’t forget you are living your own life too and better to let go or you yourself will be burn out. When that happens, who is going to help your friend?