When you start to put up firm boundaries to protect yourself, you will lose people. This will teach you the sharp distinction between who is with you because they truly respect and love you, and who is with you because they want to take advantage of your inability to say “no”.
Truthfully none of us are even asking for joy. We are just asking for a little peace. We are praying for the world to hurt us a little less, for our tired hearts to have a little rest.
