Rules and Guidelines
Recently I embarked on a 100-Days No Candy journey. There was one simple rule. No Candy/ for 100 Days.
I broke the rule. I have actually broken the rule more than once, which is impossible. A rule is broken once, and then it is broken forever. Like breaking a vase, a window, an ancient pot made by the Hopi, it can only be broken once. After that it's broken forever. If you want to get technical and say "well, it can be glued back together" then I say, "it was still broken. It can't be un-broken." In other words, Failure. I failed. I broke The One Rule I had made for myself.
The rule breaking kind of Failure, to me, feels like what a deflated balloon looks like.
No, I don't think I am defeated, and certainly I haven't given up. It's just annoying. Like blow-drying your hair and then going for a walk in the rain. What was the point?
So I declare an end to rules. Let's instead go with GUIDELINES. Guidelines definitely focus on the path and where it leads, not the caution signs. With guidelines it is all about the goal in the distance. And when on the journey, and I cross the line, the guideline, I don't feel defeated or like I failed. Instead, I feel triumph and a sense of empowerment and increased motivation when I step back inside the line. And nothing is broken. And the goal is always in sight.
I like guidelines. Guidelines are all about love and forgiveness. I will love my guidelines and bestow up on my guidelines many rewards and much honor.
I broke the rule. I have actually broken the rule more than once, which is impossible. A rule is broken once, and then it is broken forever. Like breaking a vase, a window, an ancient pot made by the Hopi, it can only be broken once. After that it's broken forever. If you want to get technical and say "well, it can be glued back together" then I say, "it was still broken. It can't be un-broken." In other words, Failure. I failed. I broke The One Rule I had made for myself.
The rule breaking kind of Failure, to me, feels like what a deflated balloon looks like.
No, I don't think I am defeated, and certainly I haven't given up. It's just annoying. Like blow-drying your hair and then going for a walk in the rain. What was the point?
So I declare an end to rules. Let's instead go with GUIDELINES. Guidelines definitely focus on the path and where it leads, not the caution signs. With guidelines it is all about the goal in the distance. And when on the journey, and I cross the line, the guideline, I don't feel defeated or like I failed. Instead, I feel triumph and a sense of empowerment and increased motivation when I step back inside the line. And nothing is broken. And the goal is always in sight.
I like guidelines. Guidelines are all about love and forgiveness. I will love my guidelines and bestow up on my guidelines many rewards and much honor.
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