An I Am Safe Now Reflection For years, I thought I was simply being kind. I thought putting other people first made me a good person. I thought staying quiet during difficult moments kept the peace. I thought saying "yes" when I wanted to say "no" was the loving thing to do. I didn't realize that somewhere along the way, I had slowly stopped showing up for myself. Self-abandonment rarely happens all at once. It happens in small moments. The moment you ignore your intuition be