You do not need someone else to notice how much you have been carrying before it becomes worthy of care. You can nominate yourself. You can say, honestly, “I need this.” That is not taking the opportunity away from someone more deserving. It is letting yourself be part of the same care you so easily believe other people deserve.
Please don’t talk yourself out of it.
Nominate someone you love.
Nominate the one who never asks.
Or, this time, choose yourself.
If the person you pictured was you