Fill Your Cup First

 Hey soul that’s been running on fumes,

I don’t hustle on empty anymore.
I fill my cup first. Always.

Because I’ve learned the hard way that burnout doesn’t make you noble.
That overworking yourself into numbness doesn’t make you strong.
That constantly showing up for everyone but yourself doesn’t make you kind — it makes you empty.

Now?
I rest before I need to recover.
I say no without guilt.
I choose presence over pressure.
I fill my own cup — and only then do I pour into others.

You don’t have to earn your rest.
You don’t have to prove your worth through exhaustion.
You don’t have to break just to be seen as valuable.

You are allowed to pause. To breathe. To choose softness.
Because when you pour from overflow — not emptiness — everything in your life begins to bloom.

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