You don't have to catch the emotional ball someone hands you. Just because others try to impose their problems on you doesn't mean you're obligated to absorb them. Without clear boundaries, people will keep crossing the line.
So I want to talk a little bit about what I like to call emotional boundaries. You know, every day we get up and there's so much emotional energy that's being exchanged, and people will tend to want to impose onto you the energy that resides in them, and you take that on and it kind of becomes something that now you're consumed with. And I was taught at an early age that just because somebody throw you the ball doesn't mean you have to catch it. And what does that mean? Just because some people want to give you their issues and make you be part of it, you don't have to accept that. And it's very important to realize that when it comes to emotional boundaries, if you don't draw the line, then they will always cross it. So just remember, you don't have to set yourself on fire in order to keep other people warm.
I was literally kicked off a Southwest flight before for being disrespectful.
