You have the right to think, believe, feel, do, or say
whatever you want
(within reasonable limits, of course).
You have the right to suffer natural (or legal)
consequences
of those thoughts, beliefs, feelings, actions, or speech.
I have those same rights.
My rights begin
where your actions or speech affect me.
When your problem becomes my problem
I have the responsibility of making it your problem.
Yes, you have the right to free speech.
But I have the right to decide how I feel
about how what you're saying or doing affects me.
If I feel hurt by what you say or do, then
I have the right to say so.
I have the right to turn away, to not trust.
I have the right to ask you to change
But not the right to expect you to change.
You have the right to stay the way you are.
Boundaries are about your needs and wants
Versus my abilities and desire to meet those needs and wants.
And the point of intersection
where my boundary meets yours.