I am not your projection.

It's the damndest thing when one is cast in a hateful light when offering respect, honesty and consideration but understanding such projections of anger belong to the giver's past and not for us to saddle ourselves with enables necessary separation of identity. The blurred boundaries, not knowing where one begins and the other ends leads to much confusion in relationships. Overlaps and overspills from past to present, person to person.

It can be difficult at times when we are walking in another's perception, lost in a life not of our making. Self awareness, confidence built on solid foundation that doesn't crumble when shaken as the delusion borne of insecurity surely is, is key to healthier functioning relations.