Goals and Internet Blues

Sometimes life throws you curves, and you just have to duck. Other times, you watch the ball and catch it, then you gotta be quick to decide what to do with it. I'm at one of those points in my life.

After losing everything I owned, ending up renting a bedroom from a friend for $30/week, and working my butt off at Waffle House, I now have my own vehicle (which I need to renew tags and inspection on by the end of this month), my bank account is re-opened, a new cell phone, and I'm working on paying the taxes on that bar I had to shut down about 9 months ago (I owe $3297.00...I didn't sell that much beer!) My life really sucks right now...but I'm working on it.

I've been setting goals, and meeting them. So, right now, my newest goal (besides getting my taxes paid) is to get a computer of my own again, so I can keep up with this blog, among other things.

I hate getting a new cell phone or bank account and looking at all the pamphlets that come with them for me to read, and seeing in print about how I can take care of business by going to www.so-and-so.com to take care of my accounts online. It makes me wonder what they did back in the old days before there were computers. I mean, Computers are supposed to make life easier, right? But, for those of us who don't have them, it is an inconvenience.

Respect Yourself First

I've learned that respect has to be something you have for yourself before you can ask anyone else to have it for you. You cannot demand respect if you are not willing to give it to someone else first, and you can't give away what you don't have for yourself.

A lady doesn't allow a gentleman to touch her unless he proves to her that he has good intentions. In order to make that happen, she has to respect herself enough to tell him "NO" and mean it. She never buys his drinks; She never gives him money; and, she never leaves in the same vehicle he is driving. She doesn't go home with him. And, she doesn't call him.

If he is interested enough in her, he will call her. He will be willing to treat her like a lady. And, he will prove he is willing to walk the line while he's doing it.

If there is one thing I've learned, it's that good men crave a woman like that. Because, if she can say no to him, she can say no to anyone else, and trust is a major issue when it comes to having a relationship.