Boundaries

I loved the discussion that we had in class on Sunday morning about the boundaries that are set by your parents. First of all let me tell you that I had a set of boundaries when I was a teenager as well. I am not sure that I understood them at the time, but I do now, and I promise you all will understand them as well later on in life.


Some of you asked the question why do parents insist on setting boundaries on us. I will tell you what I told you in the class, because they love you very much. If they did not love you then they would not set these boundaries. If you think about it we all have boundaries that we must abide by in life. There was a comment in class like this, "I wish i had no boundaries and I could just do as i please." Think about the boundaries we all live by everyday. Here are a few.

• Fences
• Signs
• Traffic Lights
• Stop signs
• Speed Limits
  

Can you imagine our world without just these few boundaries?

Think of a time when there were no fences to keep cattle from roaming. The gun fights that were caused in the old west because cattle drifted and were claimed by someone who did not own them. What a mess this was at the time.

Imagine a world without signs to warn us about upcoming danger. Have you ever started to enter some where and there was a huge "DANGER DO NOT ENTER" sign? Think of what could have happened if that sign would not have been there. You could have opened a door and fell into a huge hole or been seriously hurt.

How about traffic lights? Think of the craziness that this would cause. Think of the many wrecks, and people hurt because there are no traffic lights. Our transportation system would be shut down without traffic lights. We would not know when it was safe to "GO", or when we need to be "CAUTIOUS", or when to "STOP".

Stop signs that tell us to "STOP", check both ways before going forward. Can you imagine the collisions that would happen at a four way intersection if there were no stop sign's.

How about speed limits? Can you think of cars going hundred's of miles an hour in our town, how about around our school's, what a mess it would be without speed limits. We would all be "going way too fast" and hurt ourselves and others.

So we all live with boundaries, without them our world would be really, really crazy. So why do your parents put boundaries on you:

1. Because they love you
2. They don't want you "roaming too far off and being claimed by someone else":
3. They want to keep you out of "DANGER" they don't want you opening doors that could lead to you getting hurt:
4. They want to teach you when to be "CAUTIOUS", when to "STOP" and when it's time to "GO":
5. They want to "STOP" you before you go forward, teach you to look both ways to avoid a four way collision:
6. They want to stop you from "GOING WAY TOO FAST," in life and getting hurt or hurting others. :

So know that the boundaries that are set by your parents are there to protect you because, they love you very much. Boundaries are a good thing to have, we must all have them or our lives would be CRAAAZZZYYY!!

See you guys Wed. night!!!