It will come at you from every which way. It wants to get into your head, into your soul, through any means possible. It will attempt to seduce your eyes, bombard your ears, dominate your thoughts, manipulate your heart. And it’s opportunistic, creeping in at any time of its choosing, day or night, during work or rest, alone or with others.
When the world ignores your boundaries, it never comes to give (although that is often the promise), but rather to take. Thieves and robbers.
Acknowledge your vulnerability. Set up boundaries. Install a gate. Be shrewd about who you let in. Keep your eyes peeled for sneaky snooks who try to jump the fence.
Let the Good Shepherd in and out of that gate. As regularly as possible. The more present he is, the more all those thieves and robbers will be deterred and driven out.
