Phone Works Both Ways

This topic has come up several times this week. When confronted by people wanting more attention than they are giving. I have repeated a phrase my sister and I love, "the phone works both ways." A relationship on any level without the proper balance creates exhaustion and eventually you either become resentful or withdrawn. When you're the only person extending yourself you become stretch thin, realizing that if you don't stop the other person will never start. It's so easy for people to point out what you stop giving without ever recognizing that they do far less than what they complain about. The Bible says it best, "do onto others as you would do onto you." Be the friend that you want in return.