“Thank you for the lesson and for saving me from you”
Those are the exact words I use when people make an attempt to manipulate, guilt-trip or gaslight me.
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Time and experience has taught me to recognize these people swiftly enough to protect myself from the onslaught of betrayals and activate my firm, healthy and impenetrable boundaries.
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I do not invest my time in explaining my choice.
feel I do not try to assuage their desire to make me feel bad.
I do not allow them to take me to a place of self-blame.
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MOST IMPORTANTLY
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I do not allow them to make me even blame them, so they can cry foul. I simply say ‘Thank you for the lesson’ and release them from my journey and life to never look back again. I don’t need to know their response or reaction. I do not need to know what’s new with their life. I absolutely have no interest in knowing what are they up to after I walked away.
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I simply walk away, forward and upward to create, engage and lead with MY WHY – in purpose, intention and action!
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There is no victory grander than being focused on your own vision and moving forward with a smile, filled with humility of the lesson and gratitude of making it out on the other side of darkness that they were trying to create for you.
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Say “THANK YOU” when people reveal their true self – do not be upset. Say Thank you for saving me from you – and walk away with a grand smile.
xoyox – Szebastian
