A Boundary Is Not a Wall
Limits let people in. Walls keep everyone out. Know which one you are building.
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Better conversations and interpersonal skills
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Limits let people in. Walls keep everyone out. Know which one you are building.
Directness is not an excuse to be sharp. Honesty can be clean without being cold.
You wrote it. Rewrote it. Deleted it. Rewrote it again. The message is two lines. It has taken an hour.
The fight was about something else. It always is.
The space between what's said and what's meant. Learning to hear what people can't quite say.
Sometimes silence says more than words. Not every provocation deserves your energy.
Sometimes silence speaks. Sometimes the pause between words holds everything.
It will not get easier by waiting. The only way through is through.
People ask what is safe. They mean what is true. Listening is noticing the difference.
Once spoken, words live in someone else's memory. Choose them carefully.