<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Protecting your energy does not abolish... > Protecting your energy does not abolish compassion. You can still choose to help people in genuine need as an act of service, and you can stay close to a struggling friend while setting one boundary: you will gladly spend time together, but you will not keep rehearsing the same negative story with them. **Source:** [[livestreams/Alternate Capture of New Beginnings — Relationship Contracts and the Energy We Protect - Workbook|Alternate Capture of New Beginnings — Relationship Contracts and the Energy We Protect]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Protecting your energy does not abolish compassion. You can still choose to help people in genuine need as an act of service, and you can stay close to a struggling friend while setting one boundary: you will gladly spend time together, but you will not keep rehearsing the same negative story with them.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-protecting-energy-abolish-same-negative-story ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->