You know, when you make yourself fully accessible, what else do you have to offer?

What else do you have to give?

Once you've opened up and allowed someone in, tell me how easy it is for you to attract back

and take it away.

There is no my bad or I didn't mean to.

Once, what was said is said.

What was shown was shown.

You realize it can't be erased from the memory of their mind.

And cautionary judgment about access is something we all need to take into consideration.

And here we are.

I think it's very important that we talk about something that either you need to be reminded of or you have not had the privy to have this lesson taught to you.

And so I'll give this as a forewarning, but I'll do so, of course, with grace, understanding, and a big old vocal hug.

Do not allow people to have all access to you. All access is a no-no. There is something beautiful

about keeping parts of you for you.

I'll explain.

You have to be careful about your friends.

Yes, I said it, your friends.

You have to be careful when it comes to family.

You have to be very, very careful when it come to coworkers,

the organizations that you're in with people

that you assume to be peers, be careful. Even the people in your church, be careful. Listen,

we have to understand that people operate just like people. It doesn't matter what place you put them in. They will still operate as they are. Be careful with the things that you tell your friends. I know they're your friends and you have a level of trust with them. I'm not saying that you shouldn't trust anyone, but I'm saying

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