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Over my time on this planet, just like everyone, I have built walls for any number of reasons.
Some walls I built were to keep people out.
Other walls were for keeping others in.
Some walls were where I made a final stand using them as a battlement.
Walls to protect myself from others and yes, I even made walls to protect others from me.
I have made tall walls, short ones, thick ones, and flimsy walls, too.
Whatever the reason, walls were created to allow me time to regroup, reorient, and re-apply myself.
Walls are necessary when it comes to being the one that puts himself (or herself) out there.
Putting layers between what we perceive as the bad, what we see as negative, and what we believe will hurt us is just and expected for survival. Our own survival.
Others do it to us, so it should come as no surprise, to anyone, when we do it to them.
Now, I am not advocating for the creation of a "fortress of solitude" (sounds nice, though...hmm, sounds really nice). I am advocating for when the need exists to act sooner rather than later. To some degree, act with impunity and make haste. Building the wall one brick at a time reveals your intent allowing others to weasel their way through the gaps, thus, allowing them time to take root inside the walls.
Of course, there will be push back against those walls but more than likely that push back is coming from those that are the reason for the wall being up in the first place.
Remember, while you cannot stop the behavior of others, you can most certainly curtail (if not completely stop) what others do to you and if building walls is the way then so be it.
Thank you,
David Guerra, MA, MBA
U.S. Army Veteran & Author
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