You often ask yourself, why do others treat me this way? Actually, a more worthwhile question is, what kind of person have you been showing the world over time? All of a person's actions are training others on how to treat them; what you continuously tolerate, others will see as your boundary; what you persist in upholding, others will recognize as your principle; what you consistently defend, others will understand as an unbreakable bottom line. Many times, the relationship patterns you endure today are not solely caused by others unilaterally, but are the result of countless past choices, compromises, persistence, and concessions.