While loving energy is boundless, loving relationships require boundaries in order for each participant and the relationship to remain healthy.
Healthy boundaries in relationships are like the protective layers of muscles and tissues surrounding the organs in the body and keeping them intact. If an organ has been ruptured, not only is it in crisis, it threatens the other organs and the entire body.
The protective layers for you in relationships can be discovered by knowing your values—and enforcing them in your relationships. Does honesty matter to you? How about kindness? Or being fully present and listening? Authenticity versus shallowness?
Once you’ve identified your values, live them in every interaction in your life. Kindly reinforce them in the treatment you receive from others. Reconsider the relationship if someone doesn’t respect you, your space, your values, and constantly criticizes, demeans and dismisses you.
Lovingly tend to infections in relationships by talking openly to find solutions or seek a third party to help. Extricate yourself from toxic and abusive situations as they can seriously risk your sanity and health.
Inspiration for the Day: “When we fail to set boundaries and hold people accountable, we feel used and mistreated." –Brené Brown
Note: This is an ongoing series to help provide support during these challenging times. These daily readings are part of an overall book on balance, which includes 12 essentials for maintaining balance to support resilience and your best self. The 12 essentials include mind, body, love, service, self, family, intimacy, purpose, environment/living space, nature, social relations, and spirit. This series is sharing 30 days of lessons about love. It will examine multiple aspects of love and provide knowledge and inspiration for hearts to heal and love to flow. It is designed as a daily reader to allow time to reflect, process and incorporate.
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