Theo Hartley — The Human PLAYBOOK
Boundaries & Conflict

Here is your mistake

You think that on the day your self-worth rises, you will be able to set more boundaries.

So, for the thousandth time: the other way round.

On the day you start setting boundaries in a matter-of-fact way, your self-worth will rise.

Because human beings are a strange animal.

They talk and babble about feelings.

But at the end of the day they are affected by behaviour — meaning actions, meaning the practical.

And it contains a sharp accusation:

The causal direction most of humanity holds regarding their emotional world is wrong.