Do you open your neighbor’s garden gate, stomp through their rosebed, and then sit down on their patio?
The garden gate and the fence around the flowerbed mark the property line that we do not cross without the neighbor’s permission. In most cases, we can also easily perceive physical boundaries: if someone touches us, we quickly register whether or not we are comfortable with it and act accordingly.
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“A positive example of where you’ve felt loved, not when?” Yes, I remember the WHERE, it was in the bedroom last night, twice.
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Yesterday I asked my husband if I am getting more cynical with age, or if I just got wiser and it has gotten harder to impress me. His simple answer: “Yes!” It took a moment to sink in. “You mean both?” He chuckled and nodded. Prince Charming might be on to something, as always.
“Standing at the edge of my fears
And contemplating them
Is a healthy exercise.
The extent of the boundaries
Of who I believe myself to be.
