Rules? Sometimes,

Somewhere out there is a person who has moved through life always reading directions and following rules. They may have lived a complete and satisfactory existence for themselves, yet I wonder what would have happened if they had thought through solutions and had just forged ahead. I don’t want to be a 100% breaker. Neither am I a 100% keeper. My most recent up short moment was the side of a ballpoint pen I was using. In very small print on the side are two directives. First, remove the tip protector before using. I vaguely remember that plastic blob that I had squeezed before the first use. Second, Always retract tip after use. That throws me smack into the rule breaker category. Maybe it is followed before I put in a purse. Also though, the pen can lie on a table for weeks unretracted and ready for instant use. If my husband had known that was a rule, he would have had shirts without ink stains along the bottom of his pockets.

Start watching around you. An interesting one is on the bottom of doors to various stores. This door is to remain unlocked during business hours. If this wasn’t said, would some owner suddenly decide he wanted to keep all customers in until a profit level was reached. He could lock the door and deliver a spending ultimatum. Form a line to the right with your packages and receipts for your purchases. Sam’s Club has already perfected the exit technique. A woman with a black grease pencil compares the sales slip with items in the basket and makes a squiggle down the middle of the slip. Then and only then you may exit toward your car.

Somewhere in the middle of this one, I realized I was boxing myself in. There is no way that some of the edicts of 2022 will be tied to a Bible verse. Since I am already in paragraph three I just have to soldier on. My favorite strong suggestion is outside every elevator. In case of fire, use the stairs. With flames leaping around you, why would you choose to close yourself in a box that could easily become an oven with you as the turkey? Be forever thankful to the person who offered you an option.

I hope you had a chuckle at one of these or maybe realized you could refrain from creating one of your own when a spoonful of common sense is all that would be required. Consider this and hum the second verse of one of my favorite hymns.

“Be Thou my wisdom, be Thou my true word.”