A two-year old knows how to challenge rules and we laugh and enjoy them as they test every rule they can. As we grow older, rules start to define who we are and keep us on a certain path. I agree they are important and valid (some of them). As there are so many ways to live life, it becomes easier if we have some rules to base our life on. Some of these rules we learn from others and some we decide from experiential learning.

I am not opposed to rules per se, yet I find so many of us have boxed ourselves in as a result of our old rules and rigid beliefs. Re-exploring and testing some rules can be most refreshing and awakening. It is how I have moved into discovery of what really suits me and what is a box that is restricting my happiness, my growth and my expression of who I really am.

I do have one rule I keep no matter what: try not to hurt anyone as I challenge myself to test every rule I have so I can clearly define myself without having any former restrictive beliefs from outside forces limit my expression of Self.

This is not a road for everyone, I give you that. Yet I do believe it is why we are here: To Be All Of Who We Are; not who someone else tells us who we are. This is not an easy path, so perhaps you may want to explore one rule that feels like it is restricting you and see whether it is really useful in your life, whether it is hindering more than helping. The first thing you can do to break through some of these boxes is stop judging others for having different rules. Put that energy into who you are and who you choose to become.

So for the New Year, this is what I wish for everyone. Go ahead a break a rule (with the exception of not intentionally hurting anyone; yeah, that is my one rule I am going to ask all to adhere to) and let each of us be more of who we are individually.

Lots of Love for the New Year and Break a Rule!


Dale

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