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Getting Rid Of Toxic People (Written by: LIVING FAITHFUL IN A SOUL-LESS WORLD )
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Use the rules to your benefit, and just alter things to reach your ultimate goal. They say every rule is meant to be broken, and I feel this is because it's the only way we learn to overcome obstacles. So if you do find out the consequences through breaking the rules, see if you can figure out a way to success without breaking it! |
Life is set based on morals and pricinpals, which create that comples area called rules. Even the simplest of rules have something important lessons that others can learn from. Following the rules is so important to keep chaos from becoming a part of our every day, not to mention it inspires integrity amongst humans, as well as themselves.
I am going to share this simple example of how not listening can change one's life. Although you can fix the wrong, and learn from the mistakes, sometimes it's better to avoid situations by simply following the rules.
Will You Quit Fooling Around?
Before we took off on our fourwheeler, headed for a journey with friends, my husband looked at me and said, "Now remember, no sticking your foot out."
A simple statement so it seemed, but I had a very real problem with worrying about getting hurt without any walls to support me, so I had a habit of trying to fix areas that didn't need fixing while I was bouncing and turning around. Having said this, I was really enjoying my day. The warm sun was beating on my face, the soft wind was floating by my body, and we were zipping around in a very relaxed state.
I didn't see it coming. All of a sudden I felt like things weren't as stable as before, and overted my eyes down to the road. I honestly felt in our turn we were going to go tumbling on this hill we were sitting on. So what did I do? I whipped out my leg to push the fourwheeler in the direction it was supposed to go. The next thing you know, my body is being pulled off the machine, as the tire caught my shoe. My husband realized something was a miss and stopped the fourwheeler, which was now in a very uncomfortable way hurting the foot it was on. He turned around and looked at how I still had one leg up on the seat, and the other on the ground, and couldn't figure out why my face was turning ten shades of red.
By this point, he actually shut the four wheeler off, and I muttered, "My foot is under the tire. Hurry up, start the machine, and get OFF my foot! I'm not fooling around here."
Shocked, he started the machine and rode off my foot, which to this day is still a little affected by the trauma it endured. The moral of this story is if I had followed a simple rule, this would have never happened, and even though it seemed like such a simple area, the results were anything more than simple affects.
Life is funny when it comes to rules. Even the simplest of rules can have big consequences, so remember to use integrity to listen to what others care to share with you. If you can avoid consequences, all the better, but if you happen to disobey a rule, things can still be corrected. Don't look down on yourself if human nature has kept you from following the rules, instead, remember why those rules were made. Sometimes hands on learning is the best kinds of learning we can encounter.
Many Blessings,
Teresa |