That you keep no one out from your love does not mean that you give yourself over to others at every request. Respect yourself as well as others. Live the life you wish to lead. You are not the savior of others. I am.

When people, as good as they are, want to take your time and your energy and it is not your desire or it is not convenient at the time, keep your own space. Do not erase it as if you are to have no needs. You are entitled to your own free-wheeling space — your aura, as it were. Whatever We choose to call this breathing space around you, remember it is your inviolable right. You do not have to open the floodgates.

If someone is drowning, you do not have to let them pull you down.

Remember you are not here on Earth to be overtaken by others. When you have to say no to someone, you can do it with love. You must do it with love for yourself. If you don't have love and respect for yourself, how can you have it to give to others?

Perhaps you are timid about asserting yourself.

Because you are love does not mean that anyone can come into your house as they like and take your jewelry or your TV. Because you are love, does it mean that even those you love are entitled to take your energy and steal your time?

It is a hard line between selfishness and unselfishness. Think of others, yes, think of their well-being, but still have regard for yourself. Do not erase yourself. If you have a muffin, share it. You do not have to give someone all of your muffin. If you desire to give them all of it, that is one thing. If you give them all of it merely because they want it, that is another. Your will is not to be usurped, nor are you to give your will away as if it were nothing.

Sometimes even well-wishers are thieves in the night.

Remember Whom it is you serve. In serving Me, you serve the world. How do you serve Me if you vacate yourself?

Everyone is your child. It's true. And you treat them with love, but not everyone is your baby that you must tend to day and night.

We have had this talk before. No one has the right to infringe upon you. They can ask. If they can ask, you have the right to answer Yes or to answer No. Ask yourself what is your true answer? For those of you who need this advice, it is not unloving to say No.

You may say: "But God, I've heard You say always to say Yes and Yes and Yes."

Yes, say Yes. Be ready to say Yes. Say Yes more often than you say No. Do not let your No be automatic. Say Yes as often as possible. Say No as little as possible. Do not always say No to yourself. Say it to others when it's necessary to do so.

If you are a doctor, your mission is to help people. Before you can be awakened from sleep, you have to have gone to bed. You have to have allowed yourself some rest also.

If you are a mother, you tend to your children's needs. You feed them. You also eat. You give your children quiet time. You are also entitled to some of the same.

To be a giver on Earth does not mean to grate your hands raw. It does not mean to throw yourself away.