It is the beginning of wisdom when you recognize that
the best you can do is choose which rules you
want to live by, and it's persistent and aggravated imbecility to pretend you
can live without any. [Wallace
Stegner, All
the Little Live Things]
It’s been said that knowing the rules is the best way to
break them, but I think more than just knowing them, one needs to understand
what called them into play to BEgin with. This is how it works for me anyhow.
Rules and responsibilities: these are the ties that
bind us. We do what we do, because of who we are. If we did otherwise, we would
not be ourselves. I will do what I have to do. And I will do what I must. [Neil Gaiman, The Sandman: Book of Dreams]
While I have often been a rule-breaker, I tend Now to BE
more of a rule-follower. It is just that I am selective. I think I have my own
rules, and I think that as I BEgin to shed more of the “stuff” I’ve carried
through Life, my “rules” are just how I roll.
…I know that I alone am morally responsible for
everything I do. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. [Robert Heinlein]
Makes sense to me…
I love you, Currie
1 comment:
I guess I've always believed in general rules about personal behavior and conduct so that we can all get along. (I wish more people got the general rules about don't sh$t where you sleep and took better care of the earth--LOL!) But how anyone thinks--totally up to them. No rules. Just be good to each other. Seems so simple, but it is so hard for us.
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