A Tale of Two Boundaries: Finding the Truth in Relationships
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“It was the best of boundaries, it was the worst of boundaries …” Actually, no. Scratch that. In my Tale of Two Boundaries, both were the best of boundaries, even though they resulted in completely different outcomes. I’ve led a life of people-pleasing. I’ve chronically put everyone else’s needs before my own, to the detriment of my self-growth and well-being. The fear of offending, hurting, or angering another person leaves me with high anxiety and drastic levels of toxic guilt. Walking tiptoe on eggshells has been a part of my life for a long, long time.
I was just praying today about setting boundaries in a relationship I have and desperately searching the internet for solid advice on setting boundaries, I couldn't find anything like this, but this was exactly what I was looking for. I thank St. Joseph because as soon as I prayed with him I found you and I am so thankful. God bless you, this is what I needed.
Looking back I can’t think of a single thing more important to my healing than setting & enforcing boundaries. And then realizing that enforcing them takes practice & prayer. That if not enforced boundaries are useless.
I was just praying today about setting boundaries in a relationship I have and desperately searching the internet for solid advice on setting boundaries, I couldn't find anything like this, but this was exactly what I was looking for. I thank St. Joseph because as soon as I prayed with him I found you and I am so thankful. God bless you, this is what I needed.
Looking back I can’t think of a single thing more important to my healing than setting & enforcing boundaries. And then realizing that enforcing them takes practice & prayer. That if not enforced boundaries are useless.