We have alarms on our cars and deadbolts on our front doors. We invest in burglar alarms. We insure our stuff. We take care of our material possessions, and it is right and good that we do so. Our stuff is valuable to us.
But do we guard our hearts? I was talking with a man who has a rather toxic older brother. Efforts to work out their relationship have proved to be futile, and it seemed his brother was either unable or unwilling to change. The man asked me what I thought, and I said maybe he should limit his exposure. Not cut his brother out of his life completely, but limit phone calls and visits to where they are more manageable and to where he is not continually hurt. Talk to him or see him less often, and then be ready to end a phone call or a visit when things start to deteriorate. Some people should only be taken in small doses, and his brother seemed to fall into that category.
We set the boundaries, and we enforce them. Taking good care of your heart is a very smart way to live.
Susan
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