Standards

Standards.  EVERYONE should have them, use them, and pretty much live by them when it comes to giving and demanding that you receive respect.  Unfortunately in the world we live in so many people are broken on the inside and have no idea how to stand up for themselves, what they want or how they want to be treated.  I have come to think of Standards as more of a personal choice.  They can’t be taught apparently because some people can talk to another person about why to have them until they are blue in the face but ultimately it is up to that individual to choose to live by a certain level of self respect.  That is where it all begins. 

If you don’t respect or love yourself you cannot possibly be successful at trying to consistently institute standards in your relationships because there is no foundation upon which to stand.  It would be like trying to build a museum upon quick sand.  No matter how beautiful the building or amazing the things inside it will undoubtedly sink right into the ground perhaps even to never be seen or enjoyed by others again.