A short one. Love yourself

This is a short one.

I just finished writing On life and death. And living up to your potential and this made me think.

I talked about my auntie Ghada after 13 years; for the first time.
I have mentioned her at times; to the people who didn't know her.
But I just realized I never truly opened myself about it and about what I learned that day in 2007.

I really just want to focus on what her own son taught me the day we lost her.
He taught me to love myself.

I never forgot that strong message. Love yourself! He said, and for 13 years it still resonates in my head.

It was in 2007, and that year I was preparing for my high school official exams.
I was angry, I was upset. At everyone, at everything. At life. At unfairness! I mean how could that have happened? It was so sudden! No one expected it!

I remember I was studying that day, on our roof. Our roof was my basecamp.

My sister tried to deliver the news as smoothly as possible. My other cousin Rani (not her son, but almost. She sort of raised him in a way) he was there as well.

I wanted to quit everything. I wanted to stop studying completely. I just felt I couldn't care less of any official exams or anything else.
And my cousin (her son) told me: listen, love yourself. In anything you do, think first. Think about how you're serving yourself! Think, if you take any decision, who you're really hurting other than yourself. It's probably just yourself. Cause who else? The universe? The universe doesn't get hurt!

Thank you,

Note: this is for anyone reading; to stop. Stop giving yourself excuses. No matter what stress, no matter what problems you're facing in your life. Life is always going to be full of challenges.
But at the end of the day, try to remember:

To every challenge a solution (or best solution at least). You know the solution!

Note 2: I'm not calling for anyone to stop their emotions. I didn't study right away. It's actually ok to be low and down and feel helpless and I will write about it. It's just a call for people to keep taking the right decisions, even when it's hard. That's what can make the whole difference.