WHEN DO I GET A LIFE FOR ME???????

As I look back and review my life I am asking myself when do I get a life for me instead of having the responsibility for everyone else's problems? When is it my turn to do what I want when I want without considering how it will impact the lives I seem to have become responsible for? The answer is NEVER! Because I have come to the conclusion that my life is as it is supposed to be. I was born to be the caretaker of everyone else's lives even though I do not recall volunteering for those duties 24/7 every day of my life. You may be wondering what I am going on about and that it sounds like I am feeling sorry for myself. Well, you are right and wrong. I have figured out that my life is supposed to be exactly what it is whether I want it to be or not. Evidently when I was born there was to be a purpose for me to accomplish in my life and that is to be the caregiver and caretaker of everyone I love. And upon reflecting on that I have come to the idea that all of that is what gives me my self worth. Not the fact that I served in the Marines, have a college degree or any medical certifications. Most people spend their lives wondering what they have accomplished and how they are perceived by others. I was recently told that I am an excellent daughter, a great mother and a wonderful grandmother. That may seem to be not so much to others who have accomplished great things like inventions or wealth. I am rich. I don't have a lot of money, but I have many things that other people may never have had or ever will have. My wealth is my family and friends and those strangers whose lives I've touched by a smile or a kind word. I may not ever become famous or well known for some amazing miracle discovery, but I am far richer that anyone else may be if they haven't discovered the secret of their self worth. What I am does not matter.......that won't be remembered after I am gone. What I have done will be the legacy I leave behind for others to remember me by. What more can I ask for? Ask yourself how much your self worth is. I think you will be surprised by the answer. I know I was.