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# A lifeboat remains compassionate only while it...
> A lifeboat remains compassionate only while it remains afloat. Capacity, load, distance, and timing matter because a rescue system that ignores its own limits can convert one emergency into several.
**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]]
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“A lifeboat remains compassionate only while it remains afloat. Capacity, load, distance, and timing matter because a rescue system that ignores its own limits can convert one emergency into several.”
— Bryant McGill
https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-lifeboat-remains-compassionate-convert-emergency-several
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