Are you hoping for your partner to change? A friend, sibling, boss, or parent? Do they swear up and down that they are going to change, but you don’t really see the evidence? You see their potential and wanna give them the benefit of the doubt. You have reason to believe they can or willContinue reading “How To Know If Someone Can Change”
Tag Archives: Boundaries
Truth, Compassion, and Love
Spiritual teacher A.H. Almas once said, “Only when compassion is present will people allow themselves to see the truth.” In my experience, resentment, disdain, contempt, and the like typically require some measure of dishonesty or delusion. And truth be told, any time I’ve been resentful, it’s usually because someone did something that I myself haveContinue reading “Truth, Compassion, and Love”
When Others Feel Hurt
If someone asks me to do them a favor and I say no (either because I have a doctor’s appointment that day or simply because I don’t feel like it), they might feel hurt about it. That’s fine. One person might feel hurt, while another person may not take the slightest offense. This tells meContinue reading “When Others Feel Hurt”