Setting Healthy Boundaries
I have a person close to me that frustrates me at times and I wonder if I’m being taken advantaged of.
Sometimes it’s difficult to understand if the request are just easier for the individual or if
We all need boundaries to avoid a bumpy road
I’m being taken advantage of.
In all relationships, it is important to set healthy boundaries.
This includes:
- Knowing what I am/am not willing to do
- Respecting myself
- Acknowledging the warning signs
- Being in charge of my choices
- Not allowing others to put me down or hurt me
- Not being embarrassed or shamed
- Acknowledging my feelings {as well as the other person’s}
- Know my limits
- Be honest
- Take care of myself
- Realize I can’t do it all
- Don’t over commit or be made to feel guilty
- Be firm
Even Jesus set boundaries with his disciples and followers.
Luke 16:13 says, “No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other.”
If I had done this in other friendships and relationships, the end may have been much different.
How do you deal with setting boundaries?
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