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Life. It’s all about lines. The finish line at the end of High School, waiting in line to pay for groceries, the line at the DMV, and the rescue line that clings the firefighter and their patient to hope.
Then there is the most important line of them all; the line separating you from the people you work with. It doesn’t help to get too familiar, to make friends. You need boundaries, right? Boundary lines between you and the rest of the world.
Other people are far too messy.
So therefore we make our own invisible lines. Like drawing lines in the sand and praying like hell no one crosses them.
However, at some point you have to make a decision. Your set boundaries don’t keep other people out, they fence you in. Life is messy. That’s how we’re made. So you can waste your life drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them.
Here’s what I know. If you’re willing to take the chance, the view from the other side is spectacular.
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I know DMV has something to do with cars. I’m assuming the majority of Americans would know what this is.
‘invisible lines. Like drawing lines in the sand’- I know ‘in the sand’ is metaphorical, but because we are talking about physical lines, you should make the distinction.
Not exactly sure where you’d get this published. Not real journalism, not fiction.
I was wondering what your lines actually were. When have people crossed them? And what did you do about it? Give us an image of the events of your life.
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Hi,
This is a great start, but can’t get published, most likely, without more depth. One can’t tell others to just let their standard operating procedures go. There are consequences and people need new behaviors to deal with the pitfalls of the new rules. And, we are smart. The piece seems to take the stand that everyone is wrong, and just uptight. When, in fact, people usually develop said operating procedures after years of experience. They are wisdom based. An argument has much more weight, is much more convincing if it starts out, and acknowledges this.
Best of luck.
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