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Morning Mantra: "One of the hardest things for us to do is to love someone where they’re at.  Especially when where they’re at is somewhere we don’t want them to be." 

One of the greatest gifts we can give people is learning to accept where they are without adding our expectations to their burdens.

It’s easy to love the people in your life that love you back, that take the high road, that have their life in order, that know how to regulate their emotions, that show you respect and offer little or no drama to your life.

It’s much harder to love the ones that are always bringing conflict, don’t know how to love you back, and that seem to enjoy the roller coaster they bring to their life.

However, you cannot judge, condemn or criticize them.  It doesn't work.  You can offer alternative perceptions or practical information depending on the situation, maybe even some reflections from your own experiences, and you can be their advocate.   Because it’s really not up to anyone else to decide or influence where someone else should be.  It's their journey.

It’s not up to us to be a problem solver either, I know sometimes we can’t help ourselves.  Another word for this is enabling.  It doesn't work either.

The thing is, that’s often not what our love one need from us anyway. Sometimes they just need to be seen and heard, and feel like someone 'gets' them.

If it’s too painful for you to do that without injecting your opinions or judgment, then step back. Let them figure it out. If you can’t be supportive, love them from afar.

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