Dear Reader, Protect Your Peace.

Dear Reader,

It is not wise to lose your peace trying to please others. At the end of the day, we have to live in the conditions we've allowed to grow. The goal is to foster a healthy environment that encourages growth and peace.

Setting boundaries— even ones that force you to treat yourself better — can be challenging at first. It's normal to have an "adjustment period"- where adjusting to the new instilled discipline feels awkward or uncomfortable. If you don't give up in the beginning, you'll see that discipline (which includes setting boundaries) is a key tool in fostering a positive environment.

One last thing. Setting boundaries goes beyond setting standards for how others treat you; it also applies to how you treat yourself. Demanding respect from others while still speaking down on yourself is like trying to use an uneven scale. To foster a healthy environment, one has to start within oneself.

-Encouraging Star