I've always been a "people pleaser". Often at my own expense. But over the past few years I've worked on being accountable to me. The problem is...when others expect us to behave in a certain way, and when we fail to deliver on those expectations, people sometimes don't react well.
Truthfully, it's been a bit of a struggle. Some people pick up on the subtlety of change in attitude and understand. The good friends even applaud it. Others need to be hit over the head. Still others haven't been all that receptive and have gone buh-bye.
This is a new sculpture hanging my foyer. Perhaps actions do speak louder than words, but sometimes being straightforward works too. And not incidentally, it doesn't hurt to remind myself too!
