stop letting people walk all over me

I had a bad day then got mad, then the next day I let em’ have it! I felt so uncomfortable doing it but then I had results. I started my change it was a good start. One step at a time.

Where do you draw the line? When someone treats you unkind.When they make fun of you, or try to make you feel less? How do you let them know you don’t want to be treated that way anymore, with out looking crazy or losing your cool? Or being to timid? Or stooping to their level of snobbishness?
I want to scream….People great real! Don’t you have better things to do? I mean if I’m that low in scale of God’s creation then why must you spend so much energy on making me feel so bad? Then if I’m not worth giving respect,or not as amazing as you then why waste the time on petty thing such as I?

Sometimes for me its easier to be nice to people than to be mean, In fact I think it takes more energy to be nasty rude or being miserable to people. Wasted energy. But I don’t know where to draw the line on being nice and being a push over?? It sounds really pathetic and maybe it is. But I want respect, everyone deserves respect. People who are mean to me have no reason at all to be. Just nasty. In all reality they should be nice to me, I understand pain and problems and emptiness in life . I could help, I could listen and be their friend. Instead the insult me, and belittle me. Such foolishness in my option. They could have a really nice thing in their life but the choose to be mean. I want the respect, I deserve respect. Besides don’t nice guys finish last???