learning to breathe

  I'll preface it to say, that some of these things are brand new lessons while others are ones that I needed reminders of that I had lost for awhile.  1.) It's okay to set boundaries      Boundaries weren't something that was talked about much when I was growing up. I have memories in one of my college courses related to student ministry where we read a book about creating margins in your life. I believe it was quite literally called "Margin".  The purpose of the book highlighted that quite like proper sentence structure in writing, we need to create spaces in our lives that show where we can give our time and where we cannot. Maybe it was my upbringing in the church with parents who were actively involved in ministry or maybe it was being a missionary, but boundaries are something I struggle with. I have a hard time saying "no" to people. If someone pushes back or says something that makes me feel bad, I won't hold my ground. I'll often cave i...