Boundaries
When it comes to boundaries, love them or loathe them, we all have them albeit at different levels. They exist all around us, helping to define us and shape how we interact within the world we live. They can be physical, spiritual, moral and intellectual. Some will say that they refuse to be limited by them and will press through to achievements we can admire – perhaps artists, explorers, inventers and athletes. Others, believing themselves to be ‘free-thinkers’, might refuse to acknowledge legal and moral boundaries and are far from admirable role models. Yet whether you call them boundaries, parameters, boarders, safety nets or limitations, we need them and rely on them. Without them, it becomes a virtual world where nothing is real and everything is real, a world of fantasy. How aware are you of your personal boundaries and how have they changed over time? These white cliffs look pretty fixed but even they have moved over time. Time itself is a boundary for every human being.
- ‘Boundaries are to protect life, not to limit pleasures’ – Edwin Louis Cole