So often we get buried in conflict and frustration because we have all these expectations for how and what others should or shouldn’t be/do and we get upset when these expectations aren’t met.

Then we get frustrated when we feel that same sense of obligation thrown our way.

We try to bind others to our own expectations, but resent when we feel bound by other’s expectations of us! 

Then, we bury ourselves in guilt, frustration, anger, resentment and bitterness around unmet expectations we have of others and feeling a sense of obligation from other’s expectations of us.

The best way to free ourselves from these constraints is to give each other the space to say No.

How refreshing to release ourselves to choose, without feeling a sense of guilt, obligation or expectation, the thing that most aligns with our own desire…

…and to trust others to make decisions that align with what they truly desire to do (or not do).

To not take these decisions personally, but simply to see them as an alignment based on our respective inner desire.

We’ve got to stop guilting and manipulating each other.

And we’ve got to stop taking …

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