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Boundaries

Honest limits that protect the relationship and the self; not the opposite of love.

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Related terms

Love With Boundaries
Care expressed with honest limits that protect the relationship.
Compassion Without Enabling
Meeting another's pain without colluding with their patterns.
Service Without Self-Erasure
Serving from a self that remains a self.
Forgiveness Without Denial
Releasing the charge while still naming what occurred.
Acceptance Without Passivity
Meeting what is, then acting from clarity.
Discernment
Testing teachings and impressions and keeping only what increases love, clarity, and responsibility.
Service-to-Others
Acting in ways that honor the free will and wellbeing of others as expressions of the one Creator.
Self-Worth
The settled sense that one is valuable as one is, prior to performance.

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