Know Your Space!

If you're on a movie set, know your space.

If you're in a relationship, know your space.

If you're amongst your family members, know your space.

If you're amongst your friends, know your space.

If you're in class, know your space.

I listed all of this because I realized that a lot of people do not know their space in class, in people's life, amongst their families, and many more. One major thing I have learned from not knowing your space is that it brings about disrespect and insult.

Let's talk about a movie set. If you are the production manager on a movie set and you begin to act like the director. It's going to bring some insult to you because you're not minding your business. Imagine that the director is telling the actor what to do and a production manager starts to act like he is the director, the director will be so crazy. On a movie set, you should know your space.

I have been on a movie set countless times and I realized that a lot of people that do not know their space end up doing what they are not supposed to do. Imagine that you are a production assistant and you begin to run errands for everybody on the set, automatically you are an errand person on the set because you don't know your space and you don't even respect yourself.

Also, knowing your space is very important in a relationship. I have seen a lot of Girlfriends acting like wives simply because they want the man to marry them. It doesn't make sense! Know your space. You should know that you are just a girlfriend and not his wife and that is why you should put a limit on what you are going to do for your man.

Your man may be having a bad day and he may not want to share with you but his mother. Don't force it! You're not his mother. There are lots of responsibilities his mother should take for him instead of you. Don't rush!

I see a lot of ladies who get beaten by their boyfriends. One thing I believe is that, if your man loves you, he wouldn't raise his hand to beat you. And when you eventually get to know what is happening you would realize that the girl got disrespected because she doesn't know her space in the man's life.

Even when you are with your family members, you should know your space. You may be the richest child but not the first child. As Africans, you should respect the elder ones. You should be able to know your space as the last child even though you're rich.

Knowing your space earns you respect from everyone. People will respect you because you respect yourself. Knowing your space is just like respecting yourself. Don't lose that respect.

Whatever you do, know your space!