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# Build a surplus before giving. Strengthening...
> Build a surplus before giving. Strengthening finances, skills, spiritual grounding, and supportive relationships, and seeking therapy or counseling where helpful, creates reserves from which real help can flow. A depleted person has little left to offer anyone.
**Source:** [[livestreams/Boundaries, Survival, and Refusing to Become a Toxic Dumping Ground — Part 2 - Workbook|Boundaries, Survival, and Refusing to Become a Toxic Dumping Ground — Part 2]]
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“Build a surplus before giving. Strengthening finances, skills, spiritual grounding, and supportive relationships, and seeking therapy or counseling where helpful, creates reserves from which real help can flow. A depleted person has little left to offer anyone.”
— Bryant McGill
https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-build-surplus-before-left-offer-anyone
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