When we feel unsafe with someone and still stay with him, we damage our ability to discern trustworthiness … - David Richo

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Throughout the world today there is a gowing awareness of the failings of the Western model of development and a corresponding desire to look for more human-scale, ecological ways of living.

David Richo

When we feel unsafe with someone and still stay with him, we damage our ability to discern trustworthiness in those we will meet in the future.

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