“You have to set, maintain and fight for your boundaries for people to respect them, and for you to gain self-worth.”
by Innocent Mwatsikesimbe — from The Vision, chapter 46
In other words
A boundary marks the physical, emotional, or mental space a person needs protected. Other people cannot always know that limit unless it has been clearly shown.
Some crossings happen through ignorance. Others happen because the limit is understood and deliberately dismissed. In both cases, a boundary that is never maintained can become a wish rather than real protection.
Fighting for it does not always mean open conflict. It means responding consistently enough that the boundary has meaning. Each act of protection tells both parties that this part of the self deserves care. The self-worth gained is not from controlling others, but from refusing to abandon one’s own stated limits when they are tested.
AI-generated from the author's own text.
Elsewhere
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