I hate rules, policies, guidelines, ordinances and laws. I am also not too fond of suggestions, input, oversight or guidance. I would make a great Libertarian if it wasn't for my longstanding religious and moral convictions.
That being said, I was reading Seth Godin's blog today and I was inspired by this simple conclusion, "If the only alternative is slow and painful failure, the way to get unstuck is to blow up a constraint, deal with the pain and then run forward. Fast."
That is not a very popular view among rule-mongers and law-makers. It strikes at the heart of legalists and Pharisees, but I love it. Sometimes you have to turn over the apple cart, shake up the status quo, or do something to stop the slow painful descent into apathy and complanceny.
I get lots of criticisms for my blogs (yes, I also get more praise than I deserve), because I say what is on my mind. Totally unfiltered, unrestrained, untethered remarks of where I am in that moment of time. I am happiest when my thoughts stir others to thought or action. If I encroached on your comfort zone all I can say is Hallelujah and Amen. Maybe, just maybe you will come back tomorrow to see whose buttons I am pushing.
Just for today - break a rule, just for the fun of it.
