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From Act II, Scene VII of As You Like It, Shakespeare asserts that “all the world is a stage and all the men and women, merely players.”
Rules were not penned to paper nor carved into stone to cease human sin. They are put in place and enforced because humans lie about it.
Whether these stipulations are called “The Book of Order,” “Standards and Practices” or “Ten Commandments,” they loom as an angry mother with a switch, threatening us with nagging time-outs unless we comply or find a way to do it “behind Mommy’s back.”
Here’s the problem: we cannot live an abundant life, filled with character, and place a quality performance on the stage by dodging responsibility like adolescent brats.
Are rules important? When do regulations become a noose around the neck instead of a rope, pulling us toward success?
First and foremost, we must understand that there are good rules and bad rules.
A good rule is a guideline that advances the quality of human life. A bad rule is an attempt to stall human life in order to halt some feared activity. It’s similar to the office manager telling all the employees that no one is allowed into the supply room to get anything because someone is stealing paperclips.
So how do we know?
A good rule: All men are created equal.
A bad rule: We need cheap labor, so we’re going to make the black ones slaves.
A good rule: Moderation in all things.
A bad rule: Total prohibition of alcohol.
A good rule: Marry someone you love.
A bad rule: Just make sure he or she is the same color.
To be an excellent character in the great human drama, you must be prepared to respectfully decline from participating in rules that were produced in fear, which generate even more fear.
It’s the difference between the law and truth:
- The law is when people try to control their humanity.
- The truth is when people try to learn their humanity.
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