Quotes About Boundaries

Nothing will give you emotional laryngitis like living in close proximity to someone who refuses to listen. Having emotions but no voice chokes the life out of relationships.

Saying yes all the time won't make me Wonder Woman. It will make me a worn-out woman.

Just because we extend forgiveness doesn't mean we keep that person in our close-knit circle.

We must respect ourselves enough to break the pattern of placing unrealistic expectations on others. After all, people will not respect us more than we respect ourselves.

Where there is an abundance of chaos, there is usually a lack of good boundaries.

We must not confuse the command to love with the disease to please. And it's not just because of the vicious cycles of people pleasing, although that's part of it. I miss Best Yes opportunities sometimes because I simply don't know they're part of the equation. I get all twisted up in making the decision to check either the Yes or No box, not realizing there is a third box that reads Best Yes.

placing unrealistic expectations on others. After all, people will not respect us more than we respect ourselves.

I know the weight of carrying more than I should. And usually it's because I've refused to release something before taking on something else. If I want to choose a Best Yes, it's crucial I make room for it first. Otherwise, a Best Yes can quickly become a stressed yes. And a stressed yes is like snow on a tree that refuses to release its leaves. It causes cracks and breaks at our core.

What numbers us imprisons us.

we must not confuse the disease to please with the command to love.

Love can be unconditional but relational access never should be

I acknowledge that I can control only myself. I can't control how another person acts or reacts.

had the wrong notion that to be a Christian requires that we believe the best no matter what. That it's unkind to draw boundaries. That it's noble and commendable to stay in a relationship no matter what. I no longer believe that.

I've just reached the age when I don't bother with people I have to make allowances for." Toward

Although the act of nurturing another's spiritual growth has the effect of nurturing one's own, a major characteristic of genuine love is that the distinction between oneself and the other is always maintained and preserved.

I am not in the mood to have my underwear examined.

Are you really sure that a floor can't also be a ceiling?

I won't remember you standing there bored by my bedside as I slur words, standing there waiting to feel like you've stayed long enough so that you're a good person and you're allowed to leave.

More broadly, it is vital for leaders to work across international boundaries to minimize the number of people who feel the need to leave their home countries in the first place.

How did Yiwen see her? Was she a sister, a friend, a confidant, something else? Here is the one thing in my life, Ai-Ming thought, that has no parameters. She wanted to tell Yiwen how she felt, but she was afraid to damage everything they had.

You touch the world even if you do not want it to touch you. -Leona Montgomery

Intrusion and support are two fundamentally different processes: support is about the needs of the child, intrusion is about the needs of the parent. This

I have given enough to them. I will not give them this.

Give me the honest asp, who strikes me if I trouble him and not before.