I
have seen that a lot of people don't seem to realize that there are
people who are obsessed with power OVER other people, who want power
OVER EVERYONE, not just over some people, and try with all their
might to get that power. I guess they must believe, like I did when I
was a youth, that simply living in my own peace would make me somehow
invisible to these power mongers, and they would simply leave me alone,
and I would still be able to live my life just the way I live it
already, saying what I believe, expressing my opinion, or staying quiet, keeping a
peaceful life. But then I realized~ just because a butterfly makes no
enemies and lives peacefully makes no difference to predators, none
whatsoever. Earthworms cause no harm to anyone, and are extremely
beneficial, but they are preyed upon constantly. If a predator eats all
of the butterflies and all of the earthworms, then there will be no more
butterflies or earthworms, and the entire biological system will crash,
and the predators will die too. This life is a gift. If I am to honor
that gift, then I must honor that it's a gift for everyone else, too. And that means having healthy boundaries, which means standing up for myself against boundary violators, and standing up for the rights and respect of others against violators. Anyone can be a boundary violator. Without awareness and standing up against them, we can become violators ourselves and not even realize it.
