"We are all of us more or less echoes, repeating involuntarily the virtues, the defects, the movements, and the characters of those among whom we live."

~Joseph Joubert, essayist (1754-1824)

Because I haven't learned yet how to make my boundaries selectively permeable, I try to be more careful who I choose to have in my life these days. I am too easily affected by the energies of those around me.