<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Association is an environmental decision. The... > Association is an environmental decision. The people nearest to us shape attention, expectation, vocabulary, emotional regulation, opportunity, and the standards that gradually begin to feel normal. **Source:** [[livestreams/Boundaries, Survival, and Refusing to Become a Toxic Dumping Ground — Part 1 - Workbook|Boundaries, Survival, and Refusing to Become a Toxic Dumping Ground — Part 1]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Association is an environmental decision. The people nearest to us shape attention, expectation, vocabulary, emotional regulation, opportunity, and the standards that gradually begin to feel normal.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-association-environmental-decision-begin-feel-normal ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->