
Taking.
For the glutton giver, taking in a relationship is foreign. And taking without guilt, forget it, you are asking too much of the routinized giver, it is too vulnerable to acknowledge a need or desire.
I ask you to reconsider.
In healthy relationships, you get to take—allow the people you love to show up for you, extend themselves, to be inconvenienced. To take, is a human part of mutual relationships.
For the shy takers, be reminded of the co-occurring experience that is a relationship.
You are allowed to take up energy.
You are permitted emotional space.
You get to have needs.
Journal Prompt: Taking feels like…
Boundaries: Journal Prompt Series
Anxiety: Journal Prompt Series
Big Decisions: Journal Prompt Series
Love this, especially the last three lines.