If someone uses this verse against you when you need to communicate a boundary, here’s how you could kindly and confidently respond: I love to help, and I love you, so of course I want to help ease the stress of you feeling as if you’ve taken on too much this year. I acknowledge it is hard to be the chairman of the school fundraiser this year while you have so many other things on your plate. While I cannot be the solution and take over this role for you, I am happy to bring some solutions that are realistic for my schedule. Here are two things I can do to help you. [your notes] and [your
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