the most important thing

What is the most important thing?
Being true to yourself, I hear that a lot. But how do you know what that is? There are, and will be, so many things in life that don't feel right; do you just drop or avoid them all? I feel like you would never end up doing anything!
     Some people believe that the most important thing is to do good unto others. An act of kindness every day, grand gestures, "giving back" (a phrase I can't stand, but that's another day's post). What if constantly thinking of others takes away from being true to yourself? I'm thinking of parents who stay together for the sake of the kids, or elderly spouses who become caregivers, sometimes for years, to the detriment of their own health. Is being true to yourself a way of saying selfish, and if so, can you be selfish and selfless at the same time?

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