Care less. Live everyday without a care. If you care the least in the relationship the power is yours.

My response to these statements is always the same: I feel inspired and I begin to act like I am carefree but then it hits me… I am full of cares. I care that I cut that guy off in the parking lot. I care that I forgot to take out the trash and now my roommate has to do it. I care when the people I love are frustrated with me. I care when I do not feel like I belong. I just care.

Not caring has become an art form in today’s society. The person in the relationship that cares less wins. If someone is rude to you act like you don’t care and you win. When you are hurt and vulnerable act as if you do not care and BAM you win. It is like a game that millennials have mastered. I find myself wondering, who are we playing against?

We are playing against ourselves. Cheating ourselves out of real relationships, out of real feelings, out of truly living.

So do you know what I say? I care more and I am not embarrassed. I will no longer play this game. I think that I win because I care the most. I am not cheating myself out of real love or real relationships. Sure sometimes my caring nature will push people away but I would rather push someone away because I cared too much instead of because I cared too little.

So to all you game players out there…you lose. You will never win until you allow yourself to be vulnerable and care. Really care. When you leave this earth what is left here are the people that you cared about. The people that you decided were worth the vulnerability.

When do we decide as a society that caring more and being vulnerable is a beautiful thing? If everyone placed others over themselves the possibilities are endless

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