Quotes about Boundaries

Finally, if some situations or relationships feed our insecurities, maybe we need to take a break from them for a season.

Finally, if some situations or relationships feed our insecurities, maybe we need to take a break from them for a season.

meant to shove love away. Quite the opposite. We set boundaries so we know what to do when we very much want to love those around us really well without losing ourselves in the process. Good boundaries help us preserve the love within us even when some relationships become unsustainable and we must accept the reality of a goodbye.

If the person you are trying so hard not to disappoint will be displeased by a no, they'll eventually be disappointed even if you say yes.

The tension exists because you are doing the difficult work of no longer cooperating with dysfunction.

Whenever any kind of relationship conflict arises, my choice is whether to give the other person power to control my emotions.

We must embrace the boundaries of the healthy eating plan we choose. And we must affirm these boundaries as gifts from a God who cares about our health, not restrictive fences meant to keep us from enjoying life. Vulnerable, broken taste buds can't handle certain kinds of freedom. Boundaries keep us safe, not restricted.

Love can be unconditional but relational access never should be. Notice that the words sin and iniquity

I have these boundaries in place not for restriction but to define the parameters of my freedom. My brokenness can't handle more freedom than this right now. And I'm good with that.

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.

And if I spend resources I don't have, I will eventually bankrupt myself.

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