Bump
There is an application on my smart-phone called bump™. The app allows you to bump another smart-phone of the same type to share contact information. It is literally that simple, start the app, bump phones, and you have the contact info. Wouldn’t it be nice to have an internal app like bump? We could bump shoulders and know all the pertinent info about the other person.
Since we do not have an internal bump app, we have to do it the old fashion way of learning and training.
We do indeed train the people in our lives. Since we are not mind readers, we need to train our spouse, friends, family, and even our boss. We need to tell them our boundaries, what does and does not work, what our buttons are, what is off limits, etc. Think of it from this angle. If we continue to get our feelings hurt yet we do not tell them about it, who owns the issue, them for saying it or us for not communicating that it hurts our feelings? Some will debate the subject of the other party should just know. Hmmm, we are not mind readers or born knowing it all so how would they unless you communicate? Now in the case of someone repeatedly doing or saying things to hurt us, they clearly do not understand boundaries. Even in that case, we can train then by either having the face-to-face about boundaries, or we put distance between us.
So until we get the chip implanted in our head where we can bump info, it looks like we stick with the tried and true method of information sharing, learning. For now, the bump will remain a dance.
Rodney - Bumpin Along
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