Me First, Then You First

I have never made it my

Business to think about

Anyone else before thinking

About myself

I know this isn’t something

People like to say (even if they feel this way)

Or that other people can hear without judging

But let me finish…

I treat other people with love and care

Because it’s in my best interest to create

Connections that are nurturing and loving

I show interest in certain people

Because I know that it will

Lead me to feel an emotion I desire

I keep the commitments

I make to others

Because if I don’t

I know my integrity will suffer

I try really hard to

Be truthful to others because if

I’m not, my reality becomes

Skewed, undesirable, hard, and

Eventually unbearable

There’s a lot of

Ayn Rand (Objectivism) in the approach

I’m describing

There is no other without the I

Without you there is no me

Value must first be found in the I

To be able to find value in the other

Everything I do benefits me

While simultaneously benefiting the other

Me first always translates to

Us first