Healthy Boundaries: When to Say Yes, and No?

I highly recommend a book called <Boundaries>.

Summary by Chat GPT

My prompr is

Please summarize a book called <Boundaries> to help me create a book report.
Title: Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life
Author: Henry Cloud & John Townsend
Genre: religious, Christian

And here’s what Chat GPT generated;

“Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life” by Henry Cloud and John Townsend is a self-help book with a Christian perspective that explores the importance of setting healthy boundaries in various aspects of life. The authors emphasize that establishing boundaries is essential for personal growth, maintaining healthy relationships, and living a balanced life.

The book is structured around several key concepts:

(I eliminate this part as I would like to encougage you to take a look at this book and to check the ‘several key concepts’ by yourselves:) This is very good book!)

Overall, “Boundaries” is a Christian self-help book that encourages readers to take control of have their lives by setting and maintaining healthy boundaries. It combines psychological insights with spiritual principles to help individuals lead more balanced, fulfilling lives and build healthier relationships.

I draw some lines into the answer from Chat GPT because I would be afraid to give somehow misleadings.

Christian self-help -> Personally this book is for everyone who needs healty balance.

take control of -> I believe God should have any control of our life. We can have better life by setting boundaries. I believe this is what the authors want us to say.

Beside these two comments, I think my prompt worked (I read this book by myself too!)

My Highlight regarding work

I would like to pick up ‘saying NO’ because, at a workplace, you encounter lots of situations where you need to say no but it is so hard.

Let me give you some examples;

• Your workload is too heavy to praise the LORD or even to get some rest
• You get a request which does not follow your company’s rule and its due date is tomorrow
• You see a colleague who may give too much pressure to your colleagues

I truly know that not only it is hard to say NO, but that it is not wise decision to say NO in the above cases sometimes.

However, if God speaks to you to say NO, I would like to encourage you to say NO with the Holy Spirit.

Why do I pick up ‘saying NO’?

Because it is a privilege of Christians to say NO against the world’s ideas.

We can take a risk even when we cannot see its results, because God takes care of our future. We are in His control.

I do not think that I can take a step if I don’t know God; I would be scared of my future and I would protect myself first.

But not for Christian; they know His plan never fails.

Where I am

It is soooooo hard for me to say NO lol

I am struggle with it, which hopefully gives less pressure to you.

You are never alone. Let’s grow in faith together:)