Stay Safe or Risk Opening Your Heart?
âWhen you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that itâs bottomless.â ~Pema Chodron
As a child I learned boundaries. I learned what I wasnât allowed to talk about outside of the family. I learned how far I could go with my parents before I faced their disapproval. I also learned that this boundary was unpredictable.
Because it was unpredictable, I honed the ability to sense when it seemed safe to do something, and when I couldnât, based on the emotions of those around me. It kept me safe for the most …