The Weight That Isn’t Yours: The Wisdom of Self-Preservation
Don’t let yourself be contaminated by your parents’ problems, nor worry excessively about the struggles of those around you. Avoid allowing your friends to transfer their own anxieties onto you. Focus on achieving success and earning enough money so that other people’s problems don’t affect you or your family. It’s not selfish to take care of your own responsibilities and allow others to do the same.