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The One Where You Protect Your Peace

Remember to protect your peace. We can only control ourselves and how we react to others. If our reaction is to finally stand up for ourselves to someone who repeatedly does not respect us, it can often get flipped around as if we are the disrespectful one. Don’t let them fool you. Don’t let them gaslight you into believing that you are the problem.

Pray for peace, for an answer to whatever the issue may be and God will guide you through it.

Matching energies and standing up for ourselves can sometimes mean we may give a bit of an attitude, but the key is to set these boundaries in a firm, matter of fact, respectful way, while still being more humble and kind than that person is to us. Be the bigger person in the end. Ange, resentment and holding grudges will only continue to hurt OUR peace.

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