The "Boundaries" book is kicking my gluteus maximus. I'm only on page 42, but here is what I have gleaned so far:
"People with poor boundaries...feel that if they say no to someone, they will endanger their relationship with that person, so they passively comply but inwardly resent." [Ouch! Guilty.]
"Emotional distance is a temporary boundary...it is never a permanent way of living." [Oh, uhm, note to self...]
"To rescue people from the natural consequences of their behavior is to render them powerless." [Guilty again.]
As you may have surmised by now, I am, indeed, an enabler. Oh, boundaries...how I love hate need thee...
(All quotes taken from "Boundaries" by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend)
Can I buy that from you when you are done???? :) ~Tia~
ReplyDeleteActually, I borrowed it from a friend, but perhaps she'll allow me to "loan it forward". ;-)
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