There are many boundaries that all people should recognize and honor, but the question is--do we really respect the boundaries that exist? For instance, there are physical property boundaries, legal boundaries of the law, spiritual boundaries of The Word, and logical boundaries when it comes to respecting the opinions of others.
Where are we? Answering this question requires a great deal of thought since many people disregard physical boundaries and destroy the property of others, we disregard legal boundaries and end up in jail, we disregard spiritual boundaries by ignoring God's Word and then wonder why things happen to us. And then, we disregard the rights of others to disagree with us and then wonder why hatred exists. There are logical boundaries that need to be respected since we are all entitled to our thoughts and no, we do not have to agree with one another, but we must know how to disagree, respectfully.
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ReplyDeletePeople don't respect each other property. For example, we have a neighbor who stay right across the street from us they are so annoying. They will park their vehicle in front of our house. My husband get so upset I have to calm him down, so I will go across the street to ask the neighbor in a politely manner to move their vehicle away from our home. But God give us the strength to deal with the neighbors in a calm respectful way.
ReplyDeleteHi Gail, I agree that neighbors parking in front of your home can be annoying. I think this kind of ties back into my comment about each person having their own rule as to when they are overstepping their boundaries. Your neighbor may not think anything of parking their car in front of your home for they may see it simply as a public road and a free country, so they can do as they please. For you it can impose an issue for it may be where you need to park your car, but can't because their vehicle is inconveniencing you.
DeleteYea I understand how frustrating that can be. Where I live we have parking issues now. Which is hilarious to me because I have been living there for about 11 years and we have never had this issue before. Now mind you every tenant has one parking space to them self. I have one neighbor who's hold up not only her old car but her brand new car also. Now she took advantage of her boundaries. But for me not to have a car myself I let it be and don't complain because it's not in my boundary to.
DeleteGood point, Gail. Re-read and note your thoughts about subject-verb agreement in your comment.
ReplyDeleteThe issue that we humans face with boundaries is we each have our own rule as to where to draw the line. To illustrate I'll use an example that is commonly faced with my generation. Many females I know have male "best friends" and vice versa. The issue they face is where to set the boundary of being strictly friends, and when to cross the line and be lovers. For me personally, my male best friend is strictly my friend. He is my spiritual brother that I can call for advice or ask for a shoulder to cry on. I look at him no different than I do my siblings, as I do my female best friend. What I realized in this path called life is not everyone will think or act as I do. Some women call men their "best friend' just to give him a title, then turn around and have sex with him. Other women may befriend a male, be really good friends, and then fall in love with him. Once that happens they face the dilemma of either remaining friends with this person or taking a chance and getting involved with that individual. So since each person thinks differently, and sets their own limit to boundaries, I don't think we will all ever agree at what point a line was crossed.
ReplyDeleteI really like your example. Because I can relate. I have literally two guys that I can actually consider real friends. I met them through a girl friend. One is her boyfriend and the other his best friend. I became very good friends with both of them. Both of them respect the fact that I'm in a relationship and I know where to keep my boundary. So you stated a good point.
DeleteYou're absolutely right! Good point!
ReplyDeleteOk I'm just not seeing this, but I'll post any way. I accept that it's late, I still wanted to post any way because this is an interesting topic.
ReplyDeleteI believe the issue is that some folks don't really care about boundaries. It's an act of foolishness and incompetent individuals who can't think of the consequence before they act. Depending on the boundary, with all honesty I don't honor it sometimes. I feel that sometimes you have to be taught the hard way when boundaries are crossed. Most of the time some people will never cross it again and then there are those rebels...