I have come to learn (and live) so that sensitive does not mean the following: doormat, needy, insecure, low self esteem, weak, or wishy washy or that you'll turn into Barney Fife! LOL
Sensitivity, when coupled with the ability to tell the truth (especially your personal truth such as warning others when they have done something uncool to you,... boundaries like Chava said), can be a very powerful combination. It means you can gain many different kinds of people's trust and respect both, and that usually means you are getting their cooperation too.
Without sensitivity, its too easy to fall prey to denial. Out of embarrassment or an unwillingness to own your vulnerability, you deny that you feel hurt or confused or miffed. Then all that telling of the truth tends to be one-sided such as "Oh I'll look at and talk about Your stuff but not Mine".... which is just another form of arrogance to me.
Sensitivity is what keeps me in tune with me, which allows me to better understand y'all since FRANKLY we are all much more alike than we are different. It really supports my humanity so there isn't a single person on this earth I can't relate to in some way or another.
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