A Line in the Sand...

You have all heard the proverbial drawing a line the sand. Well where is that line? Where should it be drawn? Does it depend on circumstance? On relationship? On Individual?

So many times people give ultimatums, they say THIS is my limit. I am drawing my line RIGHT HERE! Then shortly after their significant other, family member, society, whoever crosses that line and a new line is drawn. Is it wrong to defend your line? Is it ok for the other person to question your line?

It boils down to this...You have standards. Standards for yourself, your children, even your spouse. You have standards that are important to you, otherwise anything would be acceptable. It IS ok to fight for those. It IS ok to say this is not right, this is not what I want. The other person must then accept the spot where the line was drawn or retreat. Don't be afraid of them retreating. If the things that are important to you and held in high regard BY you are not even considered by the other person then they are not what is needed in your life. THEY are now not acceptable. It doesn't mean it's easy. It doesn't mean that a switch flips and suddenly you don't care about them and want them around. But sometimes you have to put YOU first. You have to say...I deserve better than this. I deserve to have my feelings taken into account. I deserve to have someone care about how I feel for once. You deserve to feel good about yourself and your line. So, draw in confidence...

Disclaimer: Overdrawing however, drives people nuts, so make sure it's something worth fighting for. Don't draw lines, just to draw lines.

Love,
Layla

Some people should not mess with technology...

My grandmother, bless her heart, is not very technologically advanced. In fact, she just recently got a cell phone. One of those refill as needed phones that cost maybe $20 at Walmart. I programmed it for her and she has made maybe 3 calls on it. That's a step.

Today, I get a phone call that she needs Justin and I to come over and fix the t.v. because it is all messed up. She unplugged the DVD player and not it's worse. I proceed to try and talk her through fixing it. Turns out the t.v. was not on channel 3 and the cable box was turned off. Now the remote doesn't work. I told her to try and replace the batteries and see if that helps. If not then call me back and I will come over and reset the remote for her. I haven't heard back from her yet, so I am thinking it's the batteries. Sure enough, she just called and that's all it was. God bless her.

She is the cutest woman in the world, but freaks out about any type of technology. I love her.

Then we have the doctor who breaks everything and blames it on other people. Doctors are good for diagnosing and treatment and all sorts of things medical. However, some of them are so "smart" that they think they can fix anything themselves. This is not always the case. There are a couple doctors with this mentality that have managed to break 3 computers in less than a week.

I'm thinking there are about 3 categories of people that should not be allowed to use modern technology without supervision:

Those who are intimidated by technology and would rather stick to the good old fashioned typewriter.

Those who are too smart for their own good.

and those who are too dumb to even find the power button when it is bright red and says POWER in big white letters.

Grandma's t.v. is all fixed. She's a happy girl and now I must go and be productive around here.

Until next time!

Love,
Layla