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I believe it’s a lifelong journey towards healthy relationships with anyone. We don’t start there, and we might never get to the finish line. That includes non-violent boundary setting; not friends with everyone, but relationship. Soft boundaries, where you neither cling on to something that was but no longer is without the need to blame self or other, nor you avoid contact with something new and unknown. To let go of the fight against personal limits and circumstances one cannot change. Not at once, and not without testing, but layer by layer.

Everybody is adventurous; each in their own way. You can invite people to your personal adventure, and be part of theirs, for as long or short as it serves the both of you.


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DieErdeyesterday at 8:26 AM

    Everybody is adventurous; each in their own way.
This is actually a common statement people make with whom I feel bored. I call it the "evasive defense".

Me: "Let's fly to Paris tomorrow!"

People: "Nah, I'm fine just doing what I did the last 3650 days. I wonder how I deal with this issue I have with my boss at work. That is enough adventure for me."

Me: "Trash the job! Let's start a startup!"

People: "Nah, that is not for me. The benefit-to-work ratio at my current job is just too good."

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