Learning to Leave

Image by Ajale from Pixabay

I like to play this game where I see if I can change another’s behavior and perception of me when they’ve made it clear that they don’t have my best interest in mind. I’ve done it in my jobs, with family, and in relationships with varying degrees of commitment to the process. The hope being that I can exert some control over another’s experience of me.

The logical solution is to remove myself from a scenario that screams “danger!”…