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I was driving to work today on Interstate 85 and I noticed a speed limit sign. The speed limit was 65 miles per hour, but when I looked at my speedometer...I was going a bit faster. I was driving about 72 mph. I immediately checked my mirrors and looked around me to make sure there were no police or state trooper cars around. Call it instinct....or you could call it "not wanting to get a speeding ticket.....AGAIN!!!". Don't worry, I'm not a habitual leadfoot. LOL!! But honestly, there are times that I do test the limits with regard to my driving speed. Whether it's because I'm running late or that I'm just in a hurry for no special reason....sometimes I do test that particular limit. I have gotten comfortable with pushing or testing the speed limit, because if nothing happens to me when I test it...no harm, no foul...right?
That got me to thinking about other times when we test limits. For instance...running a yellow light, so you won't have to wait for the red light is a form of testing limits. And for those adrenaline junkies...they constantly test limits (speed, altitude...HUMAN!) There are a whole myriad of limits that people test in their lives. Sometimes these tests can be really serious, like when they involve our personal safety. Or they are just random, like how much longer can I sleep before I'm late for work...:) Either way, we all have some type of limits we test, and as long as nothing happens to us and we come out ok, we will continue (whether consciously or not) to test limits.
Is testing limits our way of being a bit of a rebel? Do we do it to feel more alive....more edgy? Or is it simply a part of what we are made up of? I love to think that we are just wired to push against the grain sometimes and to feel like we are making our own rules. Personally, I'm making it a goal to start pushing more limits, like my self-imposed career limts, my financial limits, etc. I think with all that I'm learning and being exposed to in my life now...I can begin to take off some of the limits that have been placed (whether by me or others) and I'm excited to see where it can take me.
How do you test limits in your life?
Peace.....
I was thinking today at how different men and women really are. Not just the obvious differences, but there are many layers to our REAL differences. Here is one example:
When a man doesn't like someone, or considers a person as an enemy....that's it! There are no pleasant conversations and there are certainly no lunch dates or hang out sessions. Basically, a man will not waste time with a person who he doesn't like. But now...women...ok, it's kind of complicated, but of course...I'm here to "Break it Down" for you....:)
As a woman, I can tell you that for as long as I can remember, I've had "friends" that were just a hot mess of bitchiness!!! I mean, the kind of ladies (and I use that term loosely) that would attempt to steal/seduce your boyfriend...just to prove to you that he was "no good for you", or tell people all of your private business and then get back with you to tell you that people are "talking about you like a dog!" I know..scandalous!! But here is the funny part.....Women will actually still consider them "friends". Yes, you read that right....FRIENDS!!! Now, don't get me wrong, we DO actually know the difference between friends and enemies. But women have evolved to the point of creating a new category of people....and we call them "Fre-nemies"...(both friend and enemy). This is really not a new thing....but it came up again recently when I noticed that it's being displayed so often now. In TV shows, movies and of course in real life.
I don't know if it's some type of psychosis that we have or what (LOL!!!). I'd just like to think that we are "highly evolved beings" that can extract the good and fun things out of a person and not totally discard them because of their obvious flaws. (That sounded so intelligent, didn't it?). Whatever the reason, I know that there are women out there right now having to acknowledge that at least of few of their friends are actually "Fre-nemies" and that in spite of knowing right from wrong and the difference between good people and bad people that we still let these women stay in our circle. I guess the old adage is true...."keep your friends close, but....keep your FRE-NEMIES closer!!!"
