Remove the unnecessary

Things I will never again apologize for to anyone—not to others, not even to myself—never again will I say sorry:

For expressing honestly what I feel.
For keeping certain boundaries of my own, crossing which makes me uncomfortable.
For saying a direct "no" to anything I don't want to do or say.
For sometimes breaking down and crying suddenly when emotions overwhelm me.
For not answering the phone when I don't feel like it, whoever might be calling.
For wanting to rest sometimes, for wanting to say goodbye to work for a while...
For asking questions thoroughly when I don't understand even simple things.
For what others think or say about me without truly knowing me.
For pushing myself forward, even if it means going against the current.
For disagreeing with someone even on widely accepted matters.
For putting myself first, because a person who isn't there for themselves can never truly be there for anyone else.
For outright rejecting anything less than what I deserve.
For not trying futilely to hold onto what must inevitably leave.
For trying to heal my own wounds rather than depending on others, because your pain doesn't really matter that much to anyone else.

Life is short. We weren't sent to this world to spend our days saying sorry until our time runs out.