Is It Undergiving?

People with growing expectations often see healthy giving as undergiving.

Yesterday's generosity quietly becomes today's obligation.

Returning to healthy boundaries feels, to them, like taking something away.

Healthy giving is not measured by whether everyone is satisfied. It is measured by whether it remains true to your values, your responsibilities, and your own well-being.

Perhaps that is why the healthiest giving can sometimes look like undergiving.

Not because it is small.

But because it refuses to chase expectations that have no finish line.

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