It is not for me to change you. The question is, how can I be of service to you without diminishing your degrees of freedom?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Fuller suggests that service should not come at the cost of another person's freedom.
- In plain terms
- Help others without taking away their freedom.
- What can you take from it?
- Serve others without limiting their freedom.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How can you serve without controlling?
- Does help sometimes limit freedom?
Another view
Sometimes guidance requires temporary constraints for safety.
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