<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # As adults, we are responsible for whom we allow to... > As adults, we are responsible for whom we allow to keep hurting us. This is not blame for children or for people trapped in danger; it is an empowering recognition that, where we have choices, keeping a harmful person close is itself a choice. Even someone carefully planning an exit from a long marriage is making a strategic decision, and naming it that way restores a sense of agency. **Source:** [[livestreams/Boundaries When Goodwill Is Not Enough - Workbook|Boundaries When Goodwill Is Not Enough]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “As adults, we are responsible for whom we allow to keep hurting us. This is not blame for children or for people trapped in danger; it is an empowering recognition that, where we have choices, keeping a harmful person close is itself a choice. Even someone carefully planning an exit from a long marriage is making a strategic decision, and naming it that way restores a sense of agency.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-adults-responsible-whom-restores-sense-agency ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->