01/12/2025
When we start seeing the REAL cost of pleasing-the-people, suddenly being a compassionate person without boundaries STOPS feeling compassionate…
…And starts feeling more like self-abandonment. 😵💫
After all, is it “compassionate” to abandon ourselves in order to make someone else more comfortable?
And what are you here on this earth to do, anyway?
What are your dreams? What are the things that fill your heart with joy and meaning and longing?
(And how long has it been since you asked yourself that question)?
I think about this often, as someone who is here to help compassionate people wake up to their power.
How many beautiful compassionate hearts never realize their purpose, power, and fullness?
Too many. 💔💔💔
Because compassionate people have been conditioned to be afraid of their power and to believe that our boundaries will hurt others
And because of that, we (understandably) remain:
🥺 disempowered,
🤐 silenced,
🫥 small,
😵💫 exhausted from our efforts,
😮💨 and ever burdened with guilt
(for not doing more).
This dynamic is not our fault…but it also our responsibility to change it.
Because it doesn’t have to stay this way. But only we can shift it.
It’s time for us to discover our true boundaries.
Boundaries are the key that unlocks the door to our power, my compassionate friends.
Because we aren’t here on this planet to make the people around us *always feel happy.*
Their happiness will come and go (just as happiness does for all of us).
Our purpose is sooo much more than ever trying to maintain a fleeting-mood-state for others.
Don’t get me wrong.
It’s GOOD to be kind and to care for others (and we get to keep doing that).
It is NOT GOOD to mistake their immediate comfort as our life’s PURPOSE.
We are here for so much more than that.
That’s a boundary.
❤️
Molly
Cartooning the Boundaries for Kind People
PS - You are not alone.
We can do this together.
Resources here:
Https://boundaried.com ✨