Joyce share some practical tips to help you in your day to day life…hear from her above!
WHAT KIND OF BOUNDARIES
COULD WE SET?
WELL, LET’S JUST DO SOME
PRACTICAL THINGS.
IF YOU’RE STRESSED, THEN LEARN
WHAT THE CAUSE IS AND MAKE
SOME CHANGES.
IF YOU’RE DOING TOO MUCH OF
SOMETHING, THEN CUT
SOMETHING OUT.
I’VE GOT A GOOD IDEA, IF YOU’RE
NOT GETTING ENOUGH SLEEP–HOW
MANY YOU DON’T GET ENOUGH SLEEP?
I DON’T KNOW HOW MANY MILES
YOU CAME TO HEAR ME SAY THIS
BUT HERE IT COMES.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: GO TO BED EARLIER.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: DON’T STAY UP AT NIGHT
DOING STUPID STUFF.
DAVE AND I STILL LAUGH, AND THIS
HAS BEEN PROBABLY 35 YEARS AGO,
MAYBE 40 YEARS AGO.
WE STILL LAUGH, IT WAS DUMB
THEN, BUT IT’S FUNNY WHEN
WE LOOK BACK.
WE STAYED UP ONE NIGHT TILL LIKE
1 O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING
WATCHING THIS MOVIE ABOUT
A BABY DINOSAUR NAMED BABY
AND HONESTLY, IT LOOKED LIKE A
CARDBOARD-CUTOUT DINOSAUR AND WE
LOST A NIGHT’S SLEEP OVER
THAT THING.
AND YOU CAN LAUGH AT ME ALL YOU
WANT TO, BUT HOW MANY OF YOU DO
EQUALLY DUMB THINGS?
GO TO BED.
“DON’T YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO TELL
ME OTHER THAN THAT?”
HAVE BEDTIME BOUNDARIES.
I HAVE BOUNDARIES ON MY BEDTIME
AND YOU DON’T ALL CERTAINLY HAVE
TO DO, OR NEED TO DO, OR YOU’RE
NOT EVEN GONNA WANT TO DO WHAT I
DO, BUT IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW
I’M STILL DOING WHAT I’M DOING
AT THE SPEED IN WHICH I’M DOING
IT WITH THE ENERGY THAT WHICH
I’M DOING IT WITH AT
72 YEARS OF AGE,
LET ME TELL YOU–
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: THAT I HAVE A BEDTIME.
WHEN I’M HOME, I HEAD BACK TO
MY BEDROOM AT 7 P.M.
NOW, I DON’T GO TO SLEEP THEN,
BUT SOMETHING THAT I NEED FOR ME
IS I NEED 2, PREFERABLY 3 HOURS,
3 HOURS IS BETTER, IN
THE EVENING WHERE I AM JUST LEFT
ALONE BECAUSE I DON’T HAVE MUCH
TIME IN MY LIFE WHEN I’M LEFT
ALONE SO THAT IS LIKE MY SPACE.
AND MY HUSBAND CAN TELL YOU,
I HAVE GOT BOUNDARIES AROUND
MY EVENING TIMES.
IT’S LIKE, YOU BETTER HAVE
SOMETHING REALLY IMPORTANT
IF YOU WANT ME TO GO OUT
IN THE EVENING.
I DON’T GO TO PARTIES
IN THE EVENING.
I DON’T CARE TO EAT OUT
IN THE EVENING.
I DO WHAT I DO FROM
4:30 IN THE MORNING
UNTIL ABOUT 6 O’CLOCK IN
THE EVENING.
AFTER THAT, I’M DONE.
MY SON TEASES ME.
HE SAYS, “YOU BETTER GET HOME,
MOM, THE STREET LIGHTS ARE
COMING ON.”
I’M LIKE, THAT’S RIGHT.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
JOYCE: I DON’T LIKE TO EAT AT
7, 8, 9 O’CLOCK AT NIGHT AND I’M
NOT GOING TO DO IT.
THAT’S NOT WHAT I LIKE.
IT DOESN’T WORK WELL FOR ME.
I DON’T SLEEP GOOD AND I’M NOT
GONNA DO IT.
THAT’S CALLED A BOUNDARY.
AMEN?
NOW, YOU DON’T HAVE TO DO
WHAT I DO.
MATTER OF FACT, YOU SHOULDN’T DO
WHAT I DO, BUT YOU NEED TO KNOW
WHAT YOU SHOULD DO.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT
YOU SHOULD DO AND YOU NEED TO
SET A BOUNDARY AND DO THAT.
AND LET ME TELL YA SOMETHING,
WHEN YOU SET A BOUNDARY,
EVERYBODY ELSE IS NOT ALWAYS
GONNA LIKE IT AND THEY MAY EVEN
GET JUDGMENTAL, AND CRITICAL,
AND THINK YOU’RE SILLY.
BUT LET ME TELL YA SOMETHING, IF
YOU DON’T TAKE CARE OF YOU,
NOBODY ELSE IS PROBABLY GOING TO
DO IT.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
JOYCE: SO, I HAVE A JOB TO
FINISH FOR GOD AND BELIEVE IT OR
NOT, HAVING A REGULAR BEDTIME
FOR ME IS PART OF ME BEING ABLE
TO FINISH THAT JOB.
NOW, SOME OF YOU MAY–I DON’T
KNOW WHAT YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE
COMING TO HEAR.
YOU WANTED SOME DEEP,
THEOLOGICAL THING, BUT LET ME
TELL YA SOMETHING, WHEN ELIJAH
WAS FALLING APART, HE GOT A NAP
AND A GOOD MEAL SO DON’T TELL ME
THIS IS NOT BIBLE.
IT IS BIBLE.