Love Is Not Soft

It is WayMaker Wednesday! Time to challenge your mind, reframe your perspective, and equip yourself for action.

## The Question

What if the most loving thing you can do is to set a boundary that feels ruthless?

## The Thought

We have been sold a lie:
That love is gentle.
That love always says yes.
That love is soft, agreeable, and accommodating.
But that is not the love WayMakers live by.
True love protects.
True love defends.
True love draws lines not to keep people out, but to keep what matters safe.
The absence of boundaries is not love.
It is enablement.
It is fear dressed up as kindness.
It is sacrifice without stewardship.
WayMakers practice a different kind of love:
Ruthless love. Relentless boundaries.
Love that tells the truth when it would be easier to stay quiet. Love that says no even when it risks being misunderstood. Love that ends cycles, confronts patterns, and refuses to keep peace at the expense of purpose.
This is not cruelty.
This is clarity.
Because when you love someone, or something, deeply, you do not coddle it. You safeguard it.

## Put It Into Action

This week, draw one line in love.

- What behavior, habit, or relationship have you been excusing in the name of peace?
- What needs to be addressed for love to actually flourish?
- Where must you protect what matters by saying: No more.
- Boundaries are not walls. They are declarations of value.

*Who came to mind while reading this?
Send this to them. They may need the reminder that love can be fierce.*

Forge Forward,
Jon Mayo